Longacres Blog

Keep your garden furniture looking it's best and lasting for years! Take a look at our handy blog for everything you need to know about garden furniture care.

Read on for our tips on the best way to keep colour going in your garden throughout the colder months.

As summer mellows into autumn, September is a time to reflect on what has done well in your garden this year (make notes of your favourite bedding plants for next year!)

Bulbs are easy to grow and maintenance, plus they provide delicate pops of colour throughout the seasons. Plant in borders or pots and wait for the colour to start peeping through next season!

The spooky season has begun, and sinister forces are out to give you a fright. Join DASH on a quest to destroy the villainous FLASH and get back to safety.

Carve your own scarily fantastic pumpkin this year at the Longacres Pumpkin Patch. Pick out the perfect pumpkin and create your very own spook-tastic design to frighten all who dare enter your haunted house.

Most of us come across ants at home and in the garden and they can be particularly prevalent during the hotter summer months. Take a look at our handy blog to know how to deal with them!

Winter seed potatoes are a popular choice for growers, as they don’t need to planted until later in the year compared to other crops. Grown from cold-stored potato tubers, this crop will be ready to harvest throughout winter, perfect for Christmas!

August has been the perfect time to reap the rewards of this year’s hard work in the garden. The seasons may not have changed yet, but blooms in the garden are beginning to fade.

It’s that time of year when the summer sun is at its hottest, leaving many plants dry and dehydrated.

Unleash your creative side and put your planting skills to the test at our terrarium making workshop.

Let your little ones show their creative side at our biscuit decorating workshop at The Green House Café, Bagshot!