St Bridget Nurseries Blog

Mon 8 Feb 2016

Early Spring Colour with Camellias

Get some Early Spring Colour with Camellias, highly valued for their stunning floral displays and fresh, glossy, evergreen foliage. Gary propagates all our Camellias by hand from cuttings each year and it takes about 3-5 years to get to the wonderful bushy forms you can find in our garden centre. With 31 varieties available in […]

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Wed 20 Jan 2016

January lawn care

Providing your lawn is not currently flooded, there are a few ways you can help keep your lawn look nice this January with our January lawn care tips. Firstly you can redefine lawn edges using a half moon edger tool. This is easy to use, you simply place the half moon shaped blade where you […]

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Tue 19 Jan 2016

Frost protection

There are lots of ways the cold can damage your garden. Here are our frost protection top tips: Stop pots from freezing by raising them on bricks or pot feet then you can wrap bubble wrapping insulation around them and keep them in a sheltered spot. If you have a pond that contains fish, place […]

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Mon 18 Jan 2016

Save water

It feels like it’s rained for 40 days and 40 nights at least here in Devon and although today is Blue Monday (18th January 2016) and once again it is raining we’ve decided to look on a positive opportunity – save water! Long range forecasts are suggesting we might just have a hot summer and […]

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Mon 11 Jan 2016

Seed potatoes

Seed potatoes are now available to buy from our garden centres. Some of our customers have asked about the best way of getting their potatoes off to a flying start and how to achieve bumper crops so here is our short guide to getting the best results from your seed potatoes. January is too early […]

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Sun 10 Jan 2016

Re-potting plants in containers

We’re always being asked about re-potting plants growing in containers. Most plants will grow perfectly well in a container, but the size of the container and the vigour or the plant will determine when and if it will need re-potting or eventually planting out in the garden. Once the pot and compost become full of […]

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Wed 6 Jan 2016

Top Tips for adding colour this winter

Here are our top tips for adding extra colour to your garden this winter. Choose your planting sites carefully. Ensure new plants are positioned in full view from a window or prime position by patio doors so you can enjoy them every time you look outside on dull days. Add winter colour to your front garden […]

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Wed 6 Jan 2016

Creating a Winter Wonderland

Creating a Winter Wonderland is easy with our help. Add the wow factor to your winter garden with striking plants that look their best right now. Whether you like to fill your borders with hardy shrubs covered with fragrant flowers, clad a fence or archway with colour, or plant a small flowering tree to create […]

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Thu 23 Jul 2015

Kissing It Better

St Bridget Nurseries was pleased to support the charity Kissing It Better.  Kissing it Better is about sharing simple healthcare ideas. It is also about harnessing the energy of the most dynamic groups in a local community and inviting them to use their specialist skills to make a difference to the care of patients and their […]

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Wed 8 Jul 2015

Sensory Garden - Sight

For those of us lucky to have good eye sight we really should enjoy the rainbow of colours that nature provides us for our gardens. Working with our charity of the year, Devon In Sight, we really are learning just how valuable our senses are and how to maximise the use of the senses we […]

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