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Although spring seems like a long time from now, Autumn is the perfect time of year to plant spring and winter flowering bulbs.

With Autumn arriving its a great time to get out and visit your local garden centre (us) so you can get planting and make the most of the cooler Autumn temperatures and hopefully some Autumn rain.

Not only is it summer but its Christmas already too! It was a cool wet Spring and while we are getting the odd taste of warmth, it's far from what you'd normally expect at this time of the year.

What good is a water garden without water plants? Well, frogs and goldfish would certainly say not much so they’d be happy to see the great selection of water plants we’ve got in store now..

Now is the perfect time to create your own backyard fruit orchard and plant deciduous bagged and bare root fruit trees.

It's the product everyone has been talking about and has been featured heavily in garden magazines and on TV and radio. Mineral Magic is a naturally occurring Australian organic

Roses are as popular as ever and last year they were so popular during lockdown that we completely sold out! This year will be much the same with many of our growers almost sold out already.

Luckily we've got our orders in early so we'll have plenty of varieties for you to choose from this rose season but to make sure you get what you're after, it's best to place your order now.

Don't let warmer weather and the thought of summer put you off gardening this time of year. You can still garden, you can still plant and you can do it without plants dying. Water, mulch and do all the things you would normally to more established parts of your garden but add an extra watering during hot weather to newly planted plants and they should get through summer without a fuss.

Despite some windy wet weather Spring is well and truly here and it's such a great time of year to be in the garden. Gardens are continuing to spring into life and flowers and new growth are everywhere you look. The Chinese Wisteria in our carpark was exceptionally stunning this year but sadly it never lasts long enough and is done for another year.

Tomatoes are the worlds most popular fruit, and for good reason- they taste delicious, they're easy to grow and did I mention they're delicious? And spring is the time to plant them!

Spring is around the corner??

It's certainly felt like spring with the nice sunny days we've been having but just as I start to get used to it the weather changes and reminds me that its still winter. I'm not alone thinking that though, our plants and gardens think it's almost spring too!