Monkton Elm News, Events and Tips Blog

One of the prettiest succulents, the flowers of the Kalanchoe are very long lasting and are available in a host of colours.

On Thursday, December 10 from 6pm until 9.30pm we will be hosting a ladies’ night and we’re calling for businesses interested in coming along, to get in touch.

GEMMA Staple from Spaxton has secured herself a place on the catering team in our new restaurant thanks to her mini cake mezze (October, 2015).

Brighten your garden with easy colour in 2016, plant spring flowering bulbs. Now in stock.

Here are five important tasks to help prepare your garden for the winter:

As temperatures start to drop, outdoor pests become less active and diseases start to become dormant but it is important to stay vigilant.

It is the 25 th national Common Ground Apple Day on Wednesday, October 21 and it’s a celebration of all things apple related and also an event to raise awareness of British varieties and orchards.

We thought it would be a great idea to get involved with The British Beekeepers Association’s National Honey Week, which runs from October 25 until October 31, so we can help spread awareness of the importance of bees and the value of their by-products.

Our pumpkin carving workshops are back for the October half-term holidays.  

Contrary to popular belief the autumn is one of the best times to get gardening tasks completed and to give your lawn a bit of TLC.

Here’s our October round up of what to do this month and what to watch out for on the pest front too.

Did you know its Apple Day on October 21? It has been celebrated on this day every year since it was initiated by Common Ground in 1990.

Autumn is nature’s natural time for planting.

As gardens start to lose their summer colour it’s a good time to take stock and work out what new plants you’d like and which ones need to be moved, replaced or replanted.