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Hello Everyone, Just a quick video to show you all how you should be buying #Snowdrops (Galanthus), I would always recommend buying then 'in the green', it will give you a better chance of the bulbs establishing and flowering the following year! Good luck and happy gardening 🌱🐝 #organicgardening #whitstable #whitstablekent #organicnursery #gardeninglife #Organicnursery #enchantedgardenskent #enchantedgardens #nature #naturalgardening #galanthus #springbulb #spring #whitstablekent
We have used D&P Solutions, a local company based in Whitstable for all our printing needs at Enchanted Gardens, they are a brilliant company to work with and have done a wonderful job for us as you can see! Check them out for any printing needs 🌷https://dandpsolutions.co.uk/contact-us/ If you are a local shop, business, hotel, b&b or hospitality establishment and would like some of the flyers to promote a local pollinator friendly plant nursery to your customers for day trips please contact me at donna@enchantedgardenskent.co.uk and I can bring some down to you 🌼 Enchanted Gardens Kent opening April 1st ......... #enchantedgardens #organicnursery #gardening #enchantedgardenskent #whitstable #naturalgardening #whitstablekent #organicgardening #Organicnursery #nature #polytunnelgrowing #gardeninglife #seedgrowing #localbusiness #whitstablebusiness
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Enchanted Gardens Kent opening April 1st .........
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Enchanted Gardens Kent opening April 1st .........
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Struggling to think of a Mother's Day gift for your lovely mum? Don't forget Enchanted Gardens offer two different experience vouchers which you can purchase from the website! For only £30 you will get an hour's guided tour for two of either the Garden Pasture or the Conservation Pasture, with tea/coffee and homemade cake. Treat your Mum to a lovely day out 🌷🍰 Enchanted Gardens Opening 1st April 2025 https://www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product-category/gifts/ #enchantedgardens #whitstable #whitstablekent #gardenvoucher #organicnursery #MotherDayGift #naturalgardening #motherday2025 #alternativegift #homemadecake #experiencevoucher #conservationpasture #mothersdaygiftideas #enchantedgardenskent #gardening
Happy Morning! The #Allium and #Fritillariapersica bulbs are coming up in the #polytunnel all are available to purchase on the website and to take away with you on your visit when we open from the 1st April! Both are a beautiful addition to your garden with their striking colours. #PollinatorFriendly #gardeninglife #Organicnursery #enchantedgardenskent #enchantedgardens #naturalgardening #whitstablekent #nature #bulbs #spring #polytunnelgrowing #bulbplanting
What is happening at Enchanted Gardens? The sun is shining, the bulbs are popping up and we are sowing seeds! It is back to work for us and it is most definitely welcome. As professional growers we know through experience not to sow our seeds too early, as this can result in weak, leggy, seedlings that don't amount to being a healthy plant. There are a few exceptions, and we have sown all of our pasture wildflowers and native wildflowers as they need variable temperatures, and will not germinate until they have been cold and then warmed through. Today most farmers would call this current 15 degree temperature as being a "FALSE SPRING", do not panic, false springs have always happened and from a growing point of view, simply means in overly high temperatures germination may not happen at all so to wait for the returning cool spring temperatures that we need is sensible. There are however vegetables that can be sown now at home now including: Tomato's, Broad beans and of course chilies. Annuals like Sunflowers and Nasturtiums can also be started off now as well as sweet peas, which of course you must soak for a few hours before sowing. Sweet peas will then germinate in a lower temperature, and we plant in groups of 5 in large pots with the frame for the peas to climb so that we avoid transplanting and disturbing their long root systems. #PollinatorFriendly #NaturalGardening #naturalgardening #Organicnursery #gardeninglife #enchantedgardens #polytunnelgrowing #enchantedgardenskent #vegetableplanting #vegetables #vegetablegardening #seedsowing #seedplanting #falsespring
Happy Thursday! We have been busy on the pasture getting the site completely safe and ready for our re-opening on the 1st April. The woodsman with his MB have carefully cut down the dead Elm trees' that were in my boarder. I thought i'd share the video with you all to see what we have been up too and watch the transformation. Thank you for watching! Donna x x x
Happy morning! As we are fast approaching Spring time, I wanted to share with you the UK vegetable planting planner. It is brilliant to know what will work together in your own veggie patch to get the most out of all your hard work and have some delicious veggies to eat! It seems like Fennel is the 'bad' boy of the veggie patch and doesn't like being planted alongside many others 😂 If you would like a copy of this please send me an email and I will happily share it with you! Happy gardening, Donna x x x #NaturalGardening #gardeninglife #whitstablekent #nature #Organicnursery #PollinatorFriendly #polytunnelgrowing #naturalgardening #enchantedgardens #enchantedgardenskent #vegetablegarden #vegetables #vegetableprep #vegetable#vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetableplanting
Polytunnel update Jan 2025! Come along with me to see how things are holding up in my Polytunnel this winter! #enchantedgardens #wintergarden #enchantedgardenskent #Organicnursery #gardeninglife #nature #naturalgardening #whitstablekent #winter #wintergardening #NaturalGardening #PollinatorFriendly #polytunnel #polytunnelgrowing #polytunnellife #polytunnels #polytunnelgardening #seedgrowing
Happy morning! This is the last area of Enchanted Gardens that I am revealing, it needs a lot of love and attention but it is not an area I have shared with you before. Welcome to the Secret Stream 💧🌱 Another exciting project which I will take you all on the journey with me! Thank you for watching Donna x x x #enchantedgardenskent #wintergarden #whitstablekent #nature #winter #enchantedgardens #naturalgardening #Organicnursery #gardeninglife #secretstream #naturalwater #water #stream #waterway
Happy Christmas! 🎄 I am taking this opportunity to be reflective of this year – so much has happened, changed, been built and rebuilt including me in many ways. As gardeners and people I think we all look over our shoulders before focusing on our future, and with so much within the media indicating that the future is looking grim we can be forgiven for hesitating. Let me make you some important promises; Mother Nature will not be going anywhere, she may have interference from us causing a few issues, but is so much more than we are as a species, so chin up – take a look at the miracle of your gardens, we get that expectation every wintertime of sowing seeds, of daffodils and spring blossom and we will see this all again in 2025 just wait and see. Spring could be early or late and could be dry or wet but whatever the weather, we will manage and once again produce beautiful Gardens. After all these years Enchanted Gardens will be opening on 1st April – what a huge achievement from overgrown pasture to a truly magical experience of peace and plants with Cake you have ever seen. I cannot believe how life has turned out for me, I am grateful and humbled by all the kindness given to me. I will celebrate Yule in my own way the Winter Solstice will be celebrated with a feast to celebrate the changes it brings of light and hope. I wish you all a kind time, whatever you have and whoever you are, I send blessings to you and your families and will be in touch again soon. Donna x x x
In this fourth episode of 'Tales from the Tunnel' I talk to you about Giant Knapweed (Centaurea macrocephala). I have a very healthy stock of Knapweed and although there is some evidence of the leaf mining insects, I advocate for plants that are able to stand on their own and as you all know I do not spay or use harmful chemicals. I think this gives integrity to my plants and you can trust they are strong. Stay tuned for more videos 💚🐝 #naturalgardening #NaturalGardening #gardeninglife #enchantedgardenskent #polytunnelgardening #Organicnursery #nature #whitstablekent #polytunnel #polytunnellife #polytunnels #polytunnelgrowing #pollinatorfriendly #seedgrowing #PollinatorFriendly #giantknapweed #centaureomacrocephala
In this third episode of 'Tales from the Tunnel' I show you the stock of Campanula we now have, another plant which I lost a lot off in the move to the new site. What is most amazing is that I have used 5 year old seed to rejuvenate the stock that was lost. This plant is a great all rounder and popular with the pollinators! I can't wait to welcome you and show you how they have grown in the spring! Stay tuned for more videos 💚🐝 #enchantedgardenskent #Organicnursery #whitstablekent #nature #naturalgardening #polytunnelgrowing #polytunnels #pollinatorfriendly #polytunnelgardening #gardeninglife #NaturalGardening #polytunnel #polytunnellife #campanula #seedgrowing #pollinators #PollinatorFriendly
Plant of the Month for December Winter Holly & Camellia Camellia are a beautiful shrub, looking lovely all through the year, they produce their flowers in the spring as a reward of joy after the wintertime. Feed your camellias in early spring with an ericaceous fertilizer or Camellia and Rhododendron Soluble Plant Food. An understanding of when these buds were produced is key; its mid to late summer – If the Camellia is not watered adequately at this time, she will struggle to produce flower buds and may drop leaf, or die back whole limbs in order to have enough energy to do this so by not watering at this time can lead to a really poorly looking plant right now. You should now be viewing really wonderful FAT BUDS in readiness for their show. We couldn't leave out the lovely Festive Winter Holly! Holly – Ilex aquifolium Golden King and Golden Queen are my favourites. I know most gardeners know of Holly as a tree, but they are slow growers and so take time to become large, with a regular prune they WILL stay manageable at a shape and height right for your garden, so please don’t ignore them – they also provide valuable cover for birds away from predators and expensive Christmas Foliage too for FREE! Holly is dioecious, meaning that each plant is either male or female. To produce berries, you need to grow both a male and female plant together so they can cross-pollinate. You can tell the difference between male and female hollies by looking at their flowers: male flowers have more prominent stamens. Holly berries are a favourite food source for many birds, including Redwings, Fieldfares, and Mistle thrushes. #enchantedgardenskent #NaturalGardening #nature #naturalgardening #Organicnursery #gardeninglife #whitstablekent #holly #camellia #plantofthemonth #december #winter #winterberries #winterplants #evergreen #shrub
Hello everybody! Just a quick video showing you how the new hedging we planted back in the spring is doing. The old hedge had deteriorated as it was not regulairy prunes. I have removed as much as possible and replanted a traditional mixed hedge and they are settling in nicely, hurray! #naturalgardening #Organicnursery #nature #whitstablekent #enchantedgardenskent #diversity #hornbeam #traditionalhedge
In this second episode of 'Tales from the Tunnel', I talk to you about Salvia's and the journey we have been on rebuilding the stock that was lost after I moved to the new site. A good friend who is fantastic at taking cuttings has helped me tremendously and I have now a healthy stock of Salvia's, including; Amistad, Hotlips, Icing Sugar, Sue's Purple, Blue Note, Royal Blue, Amethyst Lips. Cherry Lips, Nina's Wish, Belle de Loire, Royal Bumble, Uliginosa and the UK native Pratensis. Stay tuned for more videos 💚🐝 #polytunnel #polytunnels #polytunnellife #polytunnelgrowing #polytunnelgardening #salvia #salviacuttings #naturalgardening #pollinatorfriendly #enchantedgardenskent #alternativegardening #NaturalGardening #whitstablekent #nature #Organicnursery #gardeninglife #Gardeningtips
#Allium and #Fritillariapersica bulbs are in pots and waiting for you, so whether you buy them now as a Christmas present or come and visit me in the spring and want some colour in your gardens, these are going to be beautiful! Allium bulbs are: #Cristophii #Bulgaricum #Purplesensation Available to purchase on the website now. #whitstablekent #enchantedgardenskent #Organicnursery
There is lots still going on in the #Polytunnel and I wanted to show you all! This is the first of a series of videos I will be releasing, keeping you all updated about how I am looking after my plants during the colder months. In this first update video, I show you #Crambe, #Lamium 'Arkangel', #Agastache 'Liquorice Blue', #Rudbeckia Triloba, #Phlomis Italica, #Melianthusmajor and #Hedychium. Most of these plants I have brung in becasue they do not want to be soggy, not that they cannot get through the cold. Stay tuned for more videos 💚🐝 #nature #Organicnursery #naturalgardening #enchantedgardenskent #whitstablekent #gardeninglife #Gardeningtips #pollinatorfriendly #NaturalGardening #alternativegardening #collectingseed
A Tree Tragedy This is another article that has caught my attention and I wanted to share it with you all. As part of their sustainabliltiy pledge, the beer company Brewdog had planted thousands of trees in Scotland. Unfortunately many of the saplings did not survive and I feel schemes like this need much more questioning before we donate our money to them, as I dont think this is the only 'lost forest' out there..... Please read the article I have linked below for yourselves. Thank you for watching 💚🐝🌱 https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2024/11/03/brewdogs-lost-forest-a-halfyearly-review-of-its-sustainability/
Did you know we also offer gift vouchers for plants as well as experience vouchers, and the Lacewing Hibernation chambers are in stock! The website is full of great gifts or additions to your own garden, including seeds, plants, bulbs, and more! Head to the website to find something special 🪻🌷🌳🪴
Garden Pasture Voucher - Information In this video, I talk about the first voucher, the Garden Pasture voucher which would be perfect for friends and family who are interested in gardening in shade, sun, woodland areas, and in a 'typical' gardening situation. Vouchers are available to buy NOW on the website, we only have a limited number so please get them whilst you can! https://www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product/experience-voucher/
Conservation Pasture Voucher In this video, I talk about the second voucher which will be more attractive for friends and family who are interested in conservation, propagation, wildlife, and learning how they can incorporate it into their own garden situation. Vouchers are available NOW to purchase on the website, we have a limited amount so please get in quick before they are all gone! https://www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk/product/7155/
Hello everybody! In this video, I discuss my top tip for keeping down the weeds in winter and show you what we are now using instead of the concrete paving that was there when I arrived. The loose type 1 with a scattering of rubble is environmentally aware and allows nature to take back the space if we were to leave. Fortunately, I have some self-sown Eryngium (sea holly), and I am excited to see if they mature and flower. Nature is wonderful! Thank you for watching 💚🐝 #whitstablekent #enchantedgardenskent #NaturalGardening #pollinatorfriendly #Organicnursery #Gardeningtips #gardeninglife #nature #naturalgardening #naturalweedkiller #Eryngium #selfseed #selfsown #amazingnature
