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With nearly 30 years experience of gardening and garden management to the highest of standards for the National Trust, English Heritage and private estates, The Northumbrian Head Gardener is available for your garden or estate in 2026! With nearly 30 years experience of professional gardening to the highest of standards for the National Trust, English Heritage and private estates, The Northumbrian Head Gardener Adam Stenhouse is available for your garden in 2025.

Fantastic talk last night by Matthew Wilson of BBC Radio 4 Gardeners Question Time after the HPS - Hardy Plant Society A...
23/09/2026

Fantastic talk last night by Matthew Wilson of BBC Radio 4 Gardeners Question Time after the HPS - Hardy Plant Society AGM.

Definitely need to join the HPS NE - Hardy Plant Society North East Group !

And today’s view near Holystone of Simonside…





Busy couple of days in Jesmond, mulching borders with RHS - Royal Horticultural Society approved Melcourt bark nuggets.I...
18/09/2026

Busy couple of days in Jesmond, mulching borders with RHS - Royal Horticultural Society approved Melcourt bark nuggets.

If you’d like your garden tidied for Autumn, or hedges cut professionally, let me know by message or email!






Last ever visit to Stanton Hall Gardens at the weekend, my favourite North East nursery now closed after 43 years. I’ve...
17/09/2026

Last ever visit to Stanton Hall Gardens at the weekend, my favourite North East nursery now closed after 43 years.

I’ve been going for over 30 years and loved seeing the changes and garden additions every year, now to be enjoyed in the owners well earned retirement!




The end of another busy week working in great gardens across bonny Northumberland and Tyne and Wear for fantastic client...
14/08/2026

The end of another busy week working in great gardens across bonny Northumberland and Tyne and Wear for fantastic clients!

Cracking morning from a hot Jesmond garden listening to last nights BBC Radio 6 Music session with Newcastle’s great Nev...
13/08/2026

Cracking morning from a hot Jesmond garden listening to last nights BBC Radio 6 Music session with Newcastle’s great Nev Clay.
Well worth a listen on the BBC sounds app!

Pic of last nights hazy eclipse 😎





19/07/2026

Queen Mary’s Rose Gardens in full bloom this afternoon, despite the recent hot and dry weather!

Great views of London roof gardens from yesterday’s walk up to (nearly!) the top of St Paul's Cathedral!
18/07/2026

Great views of London roof gardens from yesterday’s walk up to (nearly!) the top of St Paul's Cathedral!

09/07/2026

Hydrangea, lavender and roses on this hot summers day working at a clients garden in Jesmond!

Heading along the path towards the rock garden yesterday at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh I noticed a bed of these, qu...
05/07/2026

Heading along the path towards the rock garden yesterday at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh I noticed a bed of these, quite hidden from most visitors view.
Double take and BANG!!!

Lilium formosanum Var. pricei from Taiwan (previously the country called Formosa), which I’ve not seen in many years, possibly since I was at Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens. This clump hit me like a lightening bolt…instantly like seeing an old long lost friend.

If you get a chance to visit this coming week, have a look for this little gem, with unassuming foliage but superb flower. Let’s hope the one we planted at Belsay has increased multiple times and is thriving.

And if you find it at The Botanics, run up to it with a wide smile on your face, absolutely buzzing to reach it…congratulations.

Rose pruning!I’ve been asked quite a few times recently how I deadhead roses and these photos show how I do them to keep...
04/07/2026

Rose pruning!

I’ve been asked quite a few times recently how I deadhead roses and these photos show how I do them to keep the shape and encourage more blooms if repeat flowering roses.

Cut the whole flower head off just above another leaf (called node) at an angle, make sure you cut back into the general area of main growth to keep the shape, rather than just below the spent flower head. This hides the cut and ensures the new growth comes from there and keeps the plant healthy and dense with strong flower bud formation!

Use sharp and clean secateurs, watch your fingers and put healthy dead heads onto the compost heap.

Depending on the variety, you may well have blooms flowering into the winter months!

(Written on a wobbly train en route to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh !)


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