The Ludlow Gardener

11/10/2026

🍂 October/November garden tidy-ups in Ludlow

October/November is a great time to get the garden back under control after summer and ready for the months ahead.

I’m currently taking bookings in Ludlow areas.

🌿 General garden maintenance
🌱 Weeding and border tidy-ups
🍂 Garden clear-ups
🌳 Shrub and plant care

Whether your garden needs a one-off tidy or some regular attention, feel free to send me a message to have a chat.

16/09/2026

So pleased with these planters this year.dead head and feed them on my fortnightly visit .
I use miracle grow all purpose feed.

04/09/2026

* ✂️ Cut back selectively — remove anything collapsed, diseased or particularly untidy, but leave attractive seed heads and grasses for autumn/winter interest and wildlife.

* 🍎 Harvest — apples, pears, late tomatoes, courgettes, beans and other remaining crops.
* 🌿 Sort the lawn — scarify, aerate, reseed bare patches and apply an autumn lawn feed if needed.

* 🍂 Start clearing fallen leaves from lawns and paths, although leaves in beds and tucked-away areas can provide useful wildlife habitat.

* 🪴 Sort your pots — remove finished summer annuals and replace them with autumn/winter planting such as cyclamen, heuchera, grasses, violas and small evergreens.

* 🧹 Clean and reorganise — greenhouse, tools, pots and growing areas can all get a tidy before autumn really arrives.

03/09/2026

🌷 Start planting spring bulbs — daffodils, crocuses, alliums and hyacinths can go in now. Tulips are usually better left until November.

* 🌸 Deadhead flowering plants — dahlias, roses and other late bloomers can keep flowering well into autumn.

* 🌱 Divide overcrowded perennials — September is a great time to lift and divide established plants while the soil is still warm.
* 🌳 Plant shrubs and perennials — warm soil + increasing rainfall makes early autumn a brilliant planting period.

* 🌾 Collect seeds — save dry seed heads from favourite flowers for next year.

29/08/2026

Can't wait for the green gold to look like the right pic again I can then blow the cobwebs of the old mower.

19/07/2026

Sometimes our work is about more than just gardens. Last week i helped a customer by clearing their late father's overgrown garden and cutting back the hedge that was blocking the pavement. I am glad i could make things a little easier during a difficult time.

03/07/2026

Crassulaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the stonecrop family. Most members are succulents, meaning they store water in their leaves or stems and are adapted to dry environments

03/06/2026