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Scotland has its own rules for cutting a hedge, and they’re different from the ones written into English law. Below is what each one means in practice for garden hedge cutting, along with the best time of year to cut your hedge, whatever type you’ve got.

Cut a box hedge into soft spring growth and the edges scorch brown in the next spell of hot sun. Leave it until autumn and frost gets into the wound before it’s had a chance to heal. Here’s your guide on trimming.

Nesting birds decide when it’s safe to cut a hedge. An active nest in any garden hedge gets full legal protection from the moment it’s being built, whatever species built it, and that protection typically starts from early March. Learn more today.

Sectional dismantling means taking a tree apart in pieces, from the top down, when the tree can’t be felled whole. It helps remove trees from gardens that are too tight or too overhung for a straightforward fell, or where the tree stands too close to a building to risk it.

Good backyard landscaping ideas start from function: work out what the space needs to do before you choose how it looks. Here your ultimate guide on backyard landscaping ideas.

A stump left behind after a tree comes down rarely stays out of the way for long. Grass won’t grow properly around it, the mower catches on roots poking through the soil, and within a year or two you’ll likely see fresh shoots sprouting from the base as the tree…

If you’re planning a new garden, you’ll come across the term “soft landscaping” fairly early on, usually alongside its counterpart, hard landscaping. Understanding what each one means, and how they work together, makes it much easier to plan a garden that looks good and holds up over time.

Scotland’s gardens don’t often sit flat. Across Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and much of Central Scotland, a garden on a slope is the norm, and it brings a familiar set of frustrations. Here’s what to do about it.

A wildlife-friendly garden doesn’t need to be big or wild looking. A large plot and one of many small gardens on a housing estate can both support real numbers of wildlife with a few thoughtful changes, turning your garden into a green space for garden wildlife.

Resin bound is permeable and lasts 15 to 25 years. Resin bonded lasts 5 to 15 years. We explain the real differences so you don’t choose the wrong one.

You probably have heard the terms before, but do you know what it means and why it is important, especially in Scotland? Learn more in this handy guide.

Choosing the right flowers and plants can make or break a garden design. Get it right and you end up with a border that looks good from spring through to the first frost, without spending every weekend deadheading and watering.

A landscaping project that looks beautiful in the first summer can be visibly failing by the second winter, and the faults are almost always the same ones. Poor drainage, the wrong plant selection for the soil conditions, garden features sized to a drawing rather than to the actual garden space.…

A well-maintained lawn needs a clear edge to look its best. Without one, grass creeps into borders, mulch spills onto the lawn, and even a freshly mown garden can look untidy within a week. Landscape edging is the simple fix.

We get called out to more overgrown leylandii hedges than any other single job in Glasgow gardens. It’s the fastest-growing hedge most homeowners ever plant.

Olive trees in Scottish gardens are valued for their silvery, evergreen foliage as for the handful of olives they might eventually produce. Pruning still matters, but the goal is to shape the tree and keep it healthy rather than chase fruit yield, and the timing has to work around a…

Good small garden design isn’t about cramming everything in. It’s about choosing a handful of small garden design ideas that suit how you use your outdoor space.

Plum trees crop fast. In Scotland, a well-chosen variety planted in a sheltered spot can give you a decent harvest within three to four years. However the pruning timing matters more than it does for most other fruit trees. Learn more now.

Push a garden trowel into the soil an hour after watering your garden and check the depth. If the soil is dry 8 inches down, the water never reached the root system. It evaporated before it could penetrate. Deep watering fixes this. Learn more now.

Mulch is great for your garden. Those bark chippings and garden compost suppresses weeds, slows moisture loss, and feeds the ground as it decomposes. Learn more about mulch today!