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It’s always a shock when the
first of the cold days of winter
arrive. It happens every year
but somehow that thought
never helps. A few crisp
sunny mornings have been a
welcome blessing the last few
days and have really helped
to cheer me up as I travel around on my garden maintenance rounds.
There are still a few flowering plants trying their best to cheer us up this month.
The bright yellow Mahonia is flowering well right now and some early Helebores are
starting to show now too.
Even in the depths of winter you can see some signs that the garden is thinking
ahead to the next season and some of the bulbs have just started appearing in the
borders, hopefully a sign that spring can’t be that far away!
December is, of course, all about
Christmas and we continue
with the traditions of
bringing greenery into the
house on the darkest and
coldest days. Christmas
trees are the main plant
that gets brought into our
homes but holly and ivy are
still used to decorate. Mistletoe
has been used since the 1700’s and the
Garden design
Victorians were big fans of a cheeky
& construction
kiss under the mistletoe and so it
Planting plans
continues today.
Garden
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas
maintenance
and have some great plans for the
Decking & Fencing
garden next year too.
Lawn care & turfing
I look forward to meeting some more of
One off garden
you over the coming year.
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Wishing you all a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Mark Jackman Plant life - Professional and
reliable garden care in Bucks and surrounding areas.
@plantlifegardens
www.plantlife.uk.com
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