I can’t believe it’s July already. If we don’t let on perhaps the gardening public will still think we are coming out of winter and there is still plenty of time yet to do up the garden. I think that’s the gist of the HTA summer planting campaign, let’s hope it has some impact. Unfortunately I was just too busy earlier this week to get up to the HTA National Plant Show at Stoneleigh. I had been meaning to go, just to suss out if we ought to bite the bullet and show there. Last year we did the GAN show in Bournemouth and the Woking Show which were great for covering most of our customer area, but they are no more and we have no shows at all this year. They are usually great therapy, everyone can have a moan together or get excited about the coming season, I hope The HTA show had a positive therapeutic vibe for all those attending, I suspect there were some fairly desperate buyers and sellers after such a challenging season.


No great surprise to hear that April, May and June made the record books as the wettest for 100 years. Not to worry there is always next year, that could be even wetter!

Lots to look forward to over the next few weeks, Andy is still there, football final tonight and Olympics round the corner.

Hopefully it won’t get too hot and we will all get carried away on a wave of plant buying euphoria.

Had a very exciting week reviewing and updating some risk and fire assessments on the nursery. Sometimes it is a bit tricky knowing when to stop putting up advisory stickers etc on pinch hazards, slip and trip risks etc. On doing a bit of internet research I did find one establishment who highlighted the pinch hazard of sitting down on the toilet seat in their assessment . I did draw the line there.

Eco News

Another windy week, June was the windiest month so far in 2012, just beating January.

Baby frogs all over the place this week, have to be careful where you tread in some areas.

Swallows have fledged and quite a few house martins have hatched. Hopefully the weather is kind to them, if we get a high success rate on the fledging we will have more martins flying around the house and nursery than ever before.

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