Tips for Shady Gardens Shady spots in your garden might not fit in with the ideal sunny summer garden motif, and can provide quite the challenge to any gardener,  but when you embrace the shade, you can greatly enhance your garden and make it much more varied in both look...

How to Clean and Maintain Your Patio No matter the size or style of your patio, if you leave it to fend for itself it can end up looking weary, inundated with encroaching weeds and layered with dirt and dust – not the most welcoming look for a relaxing seating...

Gardening in the Face of Climate Change For many seasoned gardeners and garden lovers, 2016 was an extraordinary year. The predictability of seasonal changes has become less reliable, highly variable and often extreme in nature. In nearly 40 years of gardening we cannot recall a year quite like it for...

A fresh new look for Court Farm Café The Court Farm Garden Centre management is excited to embark upon a new venture with the launch of their new café, gallery and function space. Owner and Managing Director, Marc Patrick, said ‘Until now, we have worked with trusted partners to provide...

Steps to successful planting Whether you’d usually call yourself green-fingered or not, there are always a number of steps you must remember to take to ensure your seeds or bulbs grow well before and after planting. When looking for top tips to successful planting, trust in Court Farm to provide...

Christmas Decor Trends for 2018 As we have been told many times, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, and with that in mind, thousands of people are ready to spruce up their homes and shop fronts with stunning visual displays. So why not spread the seasonal cheer...

Gardening New Year’s Resolutions for 2019 If your New Year’s resolutions are to improve upon your gardening by growing your own vegetables, introducing new flowers to your flower patch and beginning a compost – read on. The professionals at Court Farm Garden Centre are here to help our keen green-fingered...