Greensleeves Blog
Guide To Spring Bulbs (That Need Planting Now!)
Spring might seem far away, but autumn is the perfect time to plant bulbs so they’ll bloom next year in beautiful colours! Read our blog to get some inspiration for…
How To Store Autumn Harvest Over Winter
Autumn is a big time of year for harvesting vegetables and fruits. There are few types that can be harvested in winter, so it’s great to be able to store…
Composting Leaves
For anyone with trees nearby, autumn sees our gardens covered in falling leaves. It is important that leaves are not left covering your lawn. When left to pile up, they…
April is National Pet Month – What does that mean for your lawn?
People love pets. They’re some of the most excellent companions people can have and make living each day just a little bit better. Pet Day (which was on 11th April)…
The ultimate lawn: Real Vs Artificial
One of the key dilemmas we are increasingly hearing is whether to stick with a real grass lawn, or opt to lay an artificial one? Now of course we at…
How to recognise the most common lawn problems
Identifying why your garden lawn is not at its best is vital. Otherwise you risk spending time, effort, and money on incorrect, ineffective, and potentially damaging treatments. In this article…
How gardens improve mental health
With lockdown seeing us cooped up inside for the best part of 12 months, it was in our gardens that many of us found solace. While we couldn’t go outside…
Supporting WWF
Last Sunday saw 57,000 runners gather in Newcastle to take part in one of the biggest events of the running calendar, the Great North Run. Among the participants was the…
The Lazy Gardening Guide: 3 Tips for a No-Work Garden
Take a step back, put your feet up and enjoy the great outdoors the simple way with our lazy gardening guide. For most people, gardening is all about…
Winter Plants: A Guide To Winter Flowering Plants
Despite the fact that we tend to spend less time in our gardens during the winter, it’s important not to let them go bare as soon as the cold weather…
How To Fix Lawn Fungus
You can take action to stop the spread of fungal diseases with effective treatments. Here is our guide to fungal threats and the best ways to eradicate them: Types of…
Kirkburton Nursery Learns All About Greensleeves
Our Greensleeves Huddersfield, North Sheffield and Wakefield team, recently took a little trip to a local Kirkburton Nursery. We took part in the ‘People Who Help Us’ theme running throughout…