Each month we are picking someone we feel deserves some recognition, be they an established celebrity, or more of a local celeb – We want to thank these everyday heroes for the things they have achieved.
This month we looked close to home and have picked Ron Morris from Weird Fish Head Office. Some of you may be familiar with Ron, he is not only a fantastic member of the Distribution Centre team, but in his own time he also co-created, and painstakingly maintains the Weird Fish Car Park Garden.
One of our lovely stockists Haskins Garden Centre have been kind enough to help us out with our award winning car park garden. Apart from giving us some fantastic gardening tips in their guest blog by Alasdair Urquhart, they have also been sending us seeds. (See here for our broad beans blog). This month they sent us some stunning wild flower seeds.
Firstly we mixed all the different seed packets together to give us a nice even mix as we sewed them.
Guest blog from Alasdair Urquhart, plant advisor at Haskins Garden Centres
“A well thought out hanging basket will lift any outdoor area, especially in spring. Here are some tips for creating one yourself and getting the best from it.” Alasdair Urquhart
1) Choose your basket.
Baskets come in all shapes and sizes, some even have a flat back that would be perfect for a wall mount. Choose one that suits your style. When hanging your basket, brackets and supports can be located on walls or sturdy garden frames, such as a pergola. Remember to position them so they are not a hazard to passing foot-traffic.
Guest from Alasdair Urquhart from Haskins Garden Centres
November is a time to enjoy the last of the autumn colours, tidy up the fallen leaves and move any plants before the ground becomes frozen.
With leaves falling, November is the last call for planting before the ground becomes too wet or frozen. It’s the perfect time for planting bare-root shrubs or trees and for moving any plants around in your garden. It also the time for finishing off spring bulb planting or putting the final touches to your seasonal colour display, using wallflowers, sweet william, primroses or pansies.
With our love of the sea but being psychically landlocked in our beautiful, but dry home of Cheltenham, we sometimes daydream about the open water.
One day a few months ago, our Ron took one of these daydreams and an unused bath tub, to create something that might help us feel a little closer to the sea, and so the Weird Fish boat was born.
