(VGG) Very Good Gardening Blog
Zoe’s Wellington based blog which covers one new skill a week, relevant to what the weather is doing this week; what to do in your garden, and what plants are exciting to us at this time of year.




Running a lawn or gardening franchise
I'm on my soapbox. Very little gardening discussed here

Trimming back extremely overgrown vines or hedges
There’s a knack to this, and it isn’t the easiest. Hedges and vines can be used interchangeably here, it’s the same concept. Let’s dive straight in.






That beautiful, overflowing cottage garden
And some thoughts on how to make it work better next year

Some quick tips to make your garden substantially more impressive
Have guests over? Have you talked up your gardening prowess? These reframes will help you to make even the biggest of failures something to celebrate




One year's seeding makes for 7 year's weeding
Saving seeds (for all of the various reasons)

Outcomes from some experiments this season
Spray trials, planting trials, and lots of trimming practice



Convolvulus
I don’t know if it’s the weather, or the time of year, or just the way the jobs have fallen- but we have spent a lot of time this week removing convolvulus.