by Stephenhathaway.gardens@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Autumn isn’t only about plants – it’s also the season where a garden’s water management and its structures either prove themselves or let you down. A heavy October downpour has a habit of finding every weakness in a system, so this is exactly the...
by Stephenhathaway.gardens@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
It might feel counterintuitive to be planning your most colourful garden of the year while you’re wrapped up against the cold, but autumn is genuinely one of the best times to plant – the soil’s still warm from summer, there’s usually enough rain to...
by Stephenhathaway.gardens@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
If there’s one job that gets overlooked more than any other, it’s lawn care in autumn. Everyone remembers to mow through summer, but the work that actually makes the biggest difference to how a lawn looks next year happens now, while the grass still has...
by Stephenhathaway.gardens@gmail.com | Oct 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Autumn is one of those windows where a bit of work now saves you a world of hassle later. Once summer’s growth has slowed right down, most of the garden is ready for a proper tidy – and getting it right in October and November sets things up far better than...
by Stephenhathaway.gardens@gmail.com | Oct 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
There’s something lovely about the first proper show of autumn colour – the oaks and limes along the Thames path near Chertsey turning gold, gardens in Laleham and Shepperton suddenly looking like they belong on a postcard. The trouble is, all that beauty ends...
