Rosewood recently had to help a client whose lawn had been almost totally destroyed by chafer grub infestation. We thought we'd share our experience so that you could see how we dealt with it. The grubs dwell in soil, and are the larval form of various kinds of chafer beetle. Many...
Did you know that this week is World Water Week? If not, you can keep reading to find out more. This global initiative organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute in Sweden is held annually. Every year, SIWI hosts a week-long conference in Stockholm in late August...
The weeks are flying by, so it's time for Rosewood's garden art for August. We're sharing Eugene Grasset's 'Aout' picture in his Belle Jardiniere series. This month the beautiful gardener is depicted in a patch of stunning sunflowers by an ornamental pond filled with waterlilies. The pond fits in...
This summer we've worked in so many beautiful places with ponds, fountains, etc, that we wanted to share some with you. So here are a selection of stunning water features from some of our clients' gardens. There's also a river shot, because if you have a river bank at the...
The news and social media are full of stories about climate change, the loss of fragile ecosystems the world over, and decreasing biodiversity. These things may seem irrelevant to our busy lives but in truth they affect us all. A single insect species might not look important in the grand...
It's almost the end of July! That means it's time to share some garden art with Rosewood. Here's the July image in Eugene Grasset's Belle Jardiniere series for you.This month our lovely gardener is shown amongst the flowers: poppies (seemingly giant ones!) and lilies. Along with the flowers, which we're...
We know it sounds alarming that your beautiful driveway might need to be dug up in the process of having an irrigation system installed. Likewise, if we have to take up part of your path, or any other hard-landscaping feature, it's natural for you to be anxious about it. But...
And now, it's time for wildlife at work, with Rosewood Irrigation Services! We enjoy working outside, especially during the warmer half of the year. We get the opportunity to enjoy the fresh air and the many different beautiful gardens that form our workspace. One of the loveliest things about...
At Rosewood we love both our red turf-cutting machine, and our yellow trenching machine (in fact we love our trencher so much that we're the UK distributor - find out more here: Trenchers). They both do what you'd expect. The turf-cutter enables us to lift neat squares of turf that...
It's time for some June garden art shared by Rosewood. We can't believe we're halfway through our year-long calendar of 'Belle Jardiniere' images! Here is Eugene Grasset's 'June' (or 'Juin' for any French-speaking readers).As always Grasset has captured the important gardening tasks for the month. However, June is a month...