Plant care journal
Notes from the greenhouse
Care guides, seasonal checklists and small projects, written by the people who water our plants every morning.
More from the journal
New guides every couple of weeks, timed to what your plants need right now.
Winter care: what to change when the heating comes on
Shorter days and dry radiator air change everything for a houseplant. Four small adjustments that carry them through to spring.
Repotting without the drama
Roots circling the pot, water running straight through: the signs it is time, and a fifteen minute method for the kitchen table.
Five plants that forgive low light
A north-facing flat is not a dead end. These five plants cope with less light and still look like they mean it.
Keeping cut flowers fresh for ten days
A clean vase, a sharp cut and cool nights. The routine our florists use to make a market bouquet last into its second week.
Building your first closed terrarium
Five layers, one jar and an evening. How to build a closed terrarium that waters itself, and how to keep the balance once the lid goes on.
Learn it hands-on
Reading is good. Doing is better.
Join a small class in the greenhouse and practise repotting, propagating or terrarium building with us.