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When Jayson Jackson tells people he’s getting a degree in turf grass science, he gets a lot of strange looks. “It’s not a degree people hear [about] every day,” the 23-year-old winner of the Hibiscus Garden Club scholarship said. “Even at university...

It’s hot and humid. The best place to be is in the shade sipping on your favourite wine and smelling the roses — stop daydreaming and check out what’s needed to be done in the garden! August is usually given to keeping weeds under control, watering ...

There is a great propensity for Joe Public to have their garden designed in its totality or simply designed by adding plantings randomly thereafter. The resulting layout does not always create the desired effect. Overplanting is invariably what happe...

Dear Sir, The article in The Royal Gazette last week regarding the state of the Botanical Gardens (Visitors complain about Botanical Gardens, June 25) perhaps also typifies the state of our weed-ridden roads, which surely must be a blight on our land...

June is a month when the heat and humidity really start to kick in. It has been the custom to “use” a shade tree as a good cover for staying cool, however old trees are more labour intensive to maintain than other forms of shady elements. Except for ...

A barren plot of land is all that remains where a sumptuous crop of tomatoes were being cultivated by students in their garden at the Centre for Student Advancement in Devonshire. The vegetables are believed to have been stolen sometime over the Berm...

Dear Heather, Spring is here. Do you have any ideas for sprucing up my garden? I am looking to sell and I hear curb appeal is important. Seller Dear Seller, With the sun shining down on your garden this spring, here are some tips on planting and ma...

In the 17th and 18th century, a shrub could be a beverage of rum or brandy mixed with sugar and the juice of the rind of a citrus fruit. How times change, when a shrub is now simply a well-grounded plant that when used creatively — either as a stan...

Time is always of the essence in creating, developing, and maintaining a garden. Whatever we create we have to maintain — at least to retain some semblance of order, which in the garden combines aesthetics and function. Last year’s hurricanes did a g...

Things are supposed to happen in April. The range and depth of flower colour, leaf texture and seed and fruit production abound in the local nurseries and a visit to assess them is a must. Colour is found in all plant types — from annuals to bulbs a...

As I have stated on numerous occasions, February should be removed from the garden calendar, and last month proved the point. So moving on, it is time to shake off the cobwebs — if there are any left — and consider what needs to be done in the garde...

Maintenance of the landscape of undeveloped areas is in most cases minimal, which can result in a clean-up being an expensive exercise. The two hurricanes of last October cleared out a lot of wild growth in such areas, which in itself created a two-e...