St Bridget Nurseries Blog

Wed 10 Jun 2015

Plants for Bees

Thank you to Dani Furlong for a brilliant question sent to our plant doctor today. Dani asked, “What plants can I put in pots to attract bees?”. We answered as follows: There are numerous plants for bees you could plant in pots but the balance you may have issue with is between plants for bees and […]

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Sun 7 Jun 2015

Gardening rant

Well this weekend has been beautiful and we know many of you have spent the weekend gardening. If, however, you are daunted by the word gardening and think of it as hard work then step this way to our little summer gardening rant… “Gardening” is for everyone. The benefits of gardening are proven – need we […]

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Fri 5 Jun 2015

Brightening up Topsham Train Station

Congratulations to a small group of Topsham residents who have volunteered to form a group responsible for the plants on the platform of Topsham train station. The ladies then got a group of volunteers from Plymouth University to help weed the area and then prepare the planters for their new plants – kindly donated by […]

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Thu 21 May 2015

How to be a show garden winner!

News just in – we’re remaining champions at the Devon County Show – a large gold medal and the winner of the Midmay-White Perpetual Challenge Trophy for the best exhibit in the Flower and Garden Show. Well done to the team involved Gary, Rob and Tammy.     Above is Gary’s masterpiece – letters and […]

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Wed 20 May 2015

How to create a show garden - day two

Well we’ve just spent another 9 hours out at the Westpoint show ground completing our display. It’s hard to know where the time goes as at first glance we had most plants in place at the end of last night but believe me, no time was wasted! Our first job was to moss around visible […]

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Tue 19 May 2015

How we create a show garden

Today was our first full day setting up our trade stand at The Devon County Show. But months of planning have taken place before now. Gary on the nursery has been gathering and caring for hundreds of plants in the lead up to the show and Rob has been digging up large specimen shrubs and […]

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Tue 12 May 2015

Sensory Garden ideas - smell!

Mother Nature is clever. Did you know that plants tend to have a scent for a reason? The strong smell of marigolds detracts insects from eating them (hence why they are good companion plants to plant near tomatoes) whilst in contrast lavender’s sweet scent attracts bees and butterflies to aid pollination! Certainly for our senses, scent […]

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Tue 12 May 2015

Fill up your pond with plants

The month of May is time to focus on your garden pond. Start by thinning out established aquatic plants. You can do this by either cutting them back or lifting them out and dividing them (literally use your hands or a spade to break the plant down, you’ll see the natural opportunity to make lots […]

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Thu 7 May 2015

Sensory garden ideas - sound!

We are going to write a series of articles giving sensory garden ideas, We all take our senses for granted but what if you loose one of your senses? Research shows that your other senses become stronger. In the garden we can add elements to appeal to all our senses and everyone can benefit from them […]

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