Caroline’s Garden Services

18/10/2026

Biggest carrot I’ve ever grown!
I always sow to thickly and never get any really good carrots, but this year a miracle happened,and check out this.
I’ve grown this from seed, and pulled it up today.

05/09/2026

SUPPORT LOCAL.
Here today selling home grown,locally grown perennial plants.
A selection available from the list below

Echinacea
Geum
Salvia
Campanula
Coreopsis
Rudbeckia
Bronze Fennel
Gaillardia
Scabious
Nepeta
Verbascum
Eringium
Leucanthemum
Aquilegia
Lychnis
Lobelia Queen Victoria
Foxgloves
Sedum
Teasel
Hollyhocks
Achillea
Lupin
Delphinium
Verbena Bonariensis
Dianthus
Penstemon
English Lavender

BIDDULPH HOMEGROWN & HANDMADE – THIS SATURDAY!

📅 Saturday 5th September
📍 Biddulph Town Hall
⏰ Event open: 11am–3pm

We’re getting ready for a wonderful day celebrating all things homegrown, handmade, creative and community!

✨ IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR EXHIBITORS:
Entries for the Homegrown & Handmade competition can be brought into the Town Hall during this week or on Saturday morning from 9am for staging.

The event itself does NOT open until 11am. So if you’re bringing an entry on Saturday, you’re very welcome to arrive early, drop off your entry and head home before coming back later — or simply bring your entry during the week and join us from 11am. 😊

And plenty is happening throughout the day!

🧶 Biddulph Yarnbarms will be joining us with a fabulous selection of handmade items to buy, and they’ll be on hand for a chat if you’re interested in crochet, knitting and all things yarn!

🌱 Biddulph in Biddulph In Bloom & Caroline Hough will have lots of beautiful plants available to buy — perfect for brightening up your garden or home.

🧵 Crafts By Sue will be bringing along her lovely handmade craft items.

🍓 Hedgerow Preserves will be available to tempt you home with something delicious.

🌸 The incredibly talented Biddulph Flower Club will be showcasing some fabulous floral displays and talking you through how you can create your own. (FREE)

☕🍰 Biddulph Local People's Group will be keeping everyone supplied with the fundamental ingredients for a good community event — tea and homemade cake! 😋 They will also be showcasing and selling the items that this clever group makes in their sessions.

🌿 Biddulph Allotment Holders will be sharing an introduction to composting, plus there’ll be a FREE cress-head activity for the children. 🌱👧🧒

🧄🥖 Last year it was wonderful watching people wandering around with their trays of homemade focaccia! This year, Carolyn is back with a delicious hands-on activity where you can make your own dough balls and garlic & herb butter to take home and enjoy.(FREE)

💚 The incredibly kind and talented Biddulph Sewing Group will be giving away FREE homemade Morsbags — perfect for carrying your shopping — as well as FREE Mastectomy Hearts.

🏛️ As we look towards Local Government Reorganisation, there’ll also be an opportunity to chat with the Town Council about community assets and find out more about what this could mean for our town.

🌿🎉 And finally… get ready for a game of FREE Plant Bingo!🌱

Plus, of course, you’ll be able to wander around and admire all of the wonderful Homegrown & Handmade entries — from fruit and vegetables to baking, crafts, flowers and more. 🥕🍰🌺🎨

It really is a celebration of the amazing talent, creativity and community spirit we have right here in Biddulph.

💚 Come along, have a cuppa, eat some cake, buy something handmade, learn something new, win at Plant Bingo and enjoy a lovely Saturday at the Town Hall!**

📅 Saturday 5th September
⏰ 11am–3pm
📍 Biddulph Town Hall

Everyone welcome — and entry is FREE! 🌿💚

28/06/2026

Acanthus (Bear's Breeches) plants are large, architectural perennials that typically reach a mature height of 1.2 to 1.5 metres (4 to 5 feet) and a spread of 0.9 to 1.2 metres (3 to 4 feet). While the leafy foliage mound is usually 1 metre tall, tall flowering spikes account for the maximum height.

Photo 1 is of the plant in my garden,
Photo 2 is of the plants for sale. In 1 litre size pots.

Acanthus plants are £3 each.

27/06/2026

Next Friday 3rd July, outside Biddulph town hall, opposite Sainsburys.

27/06/2026

Come see me at Fresh food Friday.
Outside Biddulph town hall (opposite Sainsburys)
Next Friday 3rd July.
Selection of Perennials £1.50 each.
There’s also fish, pies, jams&chutneys, fresh cakes,all sorts!

30/05/2026

Plenty of perennial plants available.
Coming back every year perennials are excellent value for money. In 9cm pots.
🌺 Only £1.50 each to. 🌺

Echinacea
Geum
Salvia
Campanula
Coreopsis
Rudbeckia
Bronze Fennel
Gaillardia
Nepeta
Verbascum
Eringium
Leucanthemum
Aquilegia
Lychnis
Lobelia Queen Victoria
Foxgloves
Sedum
Teasel
Hollyhocks
Achillea
Lupin
Delphinium
Verbena Bonariensis
Dianthus
Penstemon

17/05/2026

Anyone interested in purchasing Tomato plants? 🍅
Have gardeners delight, tumbling Tom, baby millions, plum nagine, Alicante.
Only £1 each. 🍅

Also Peppers at 50p each.

(Currently in the greenhouse at nights)

13/05/2026

Perennial sweet Peas.
Also known as Everlasting Sweet peas. These come back every year, and spread with runner’s underground. They can spread a good distance. Unfortunately, I think, they have no frangrance. They are great planted near shrubs they can support themselves with, to save putting canes for them to grow up.
Here are 2 photos of mine.

04/05/2026

Handy hints

Composting. 🍂 🥚 📦 🍌

Layering is key. Green and brown.
Green layer is things like tea bags, peelings egg shells, grass clippings, leaves.
Brown layer is things like shredded paper card, twigs.
Smaller bits will compost faster, so shred your paper, rip up your egg boxes, crush your egg shells, put leaves through the mower to chop them up.
All these small thing will help your compost items break down quicker, giving you compost sooner.

01/05/2026

Today I’ll be opposite Sainsburys in Biddulph with a plant stall.
It’ll be sunny to, hoorah! 9-3.