Monkton Elm News, Events and Tips Blog

Our Pet and Craft Centres have teamed up to create a stuffed toy dog making kit to raise money for a good cause.  

You’re packed and all ready to go off on your holidays – but wait what about your plants? If you don’t have a friendly neighbour or family member who is able to pop round while you’re away it can be difficult to know what to do to keep your plants happy.

August is the best time to take cuttings from half-hardy bedding plants such as fuchsias, pelargoniums, marguerites and trailing petunias.

We are absolutely thrilled to have won the title of Best Destination Garden Centre in the Wales & West Region during the Garden Centre Association (GCA) regional awards.

We’re inviting you to come along and see our ‘wonderland’ garden on display at the Taunton Flower Show  at Vivary Park on August 7 and 8.  

Our Store Manager, Andrew Pitman, shares his secrets for success in preparing for the Taunton Flower Show. Our gardens have won a number of awards throughout the years, including Best in Show and many large gold awards.  

We’re looking for Pantomime groups and societies to help us with our display garden for the upcoming Taunton Flower Show next month (August, 2015) .  

We’ve been enjoying some good weather this month, which is perfect for sitting and enjoying your garden in.  

We want to know how you use your garden sheds and outbuildings.

Ponds During periods of hot, dry weather, the water in ponds can be very short of oxygen, which will affect the fish and plants.

Pest watch During the warm, dry days of summer, pests like red spider mite, aphids and whitefly and diseases like mildew can really take hold and get out of control.

Herbs If you love cooking indoors or are spending the long, sunny days and evenings barbecuing, then you’ll appreciate having plenty of herbs. 

Are you looking for the perfect birthday present or just fancy a sweet treat?

Perennial Salvias form a large group of garden plants and are one of the mainstays of the midsummer garden border. 

We grabbed 10 minutes with Craft Centre team to find out everything you need to know about the department...

Will you be entertaining outside this summer? Do you need a new barbie? Here at Monkton Elm, we stock what we believe to be one of the most comprehensive ranges of gas and charcoal barbecues in the area. You can get expert advice from our helpful staff and we have a huge range of Weber barbecue accessories. If all you ever cook is burgers and bangers then come in for some more adventurous meal ideas too...