At Rosewood, our longtime motto has been 'helping gardens thrive'. It's obvious that when plants get exactly the water they require, it keeps them healthy and vigorous, but thriving gardens involve more than plants. You may not have thought about how irrigation helps wildlife too. Let us explain how!...
We've had some very wet weather over the last couple of months, but summer is here at last! It means we can finally enjoy time outside in our gardens. However, as soon as we have a couple of days in a row without rainfall, our plants start to suffer. If...
If you've ever thought about having an irrigation system in your garden, you probably know what an amazing job it would do. Even so, you might have worries about how it would look. Would it be practical, but ugly? You can imagine how it would help your plants thrive, but...
We all know about the benefits a garden irrigation system brings during our increasingly hot, dry summers. Climate change means average temperatures in the UK are rising year-on-year, with more prolonged dry periods in the summer. Irrigation systems become especially useful when no rain falls for a long period -...
The efficiency of drip irrigation beats all other methods of watering plants. We will explain below why this is the case. Of course, some plants are unsuited to being irrigated in this way. Trees, for example, need much more water than drip irrigation can provide. Plants like these need different...
Did you know that garden irrigation systems have to be drained down for the winter to avoid damage to the components and pipework? If not you can find out more on our winter shutdown post. The flip side of decommissioning a system in the autumn is that it needs restarting...
It won't surprise anyone to hear that trees have different watering requirements to grass, or flowers, or small perennials. Customers often ask us whether we use special irrigation for trees. The answer is yes! Read on to find out more. The first thing to consider when thinking about watering trees is...
Even a small garden often has several different kinds of planting in it, and there are many different options for how to grow your plants. One useful method is using raised beds. These can be of any height, but the soil is always higher than surrounding soil, which has several...
So, to encourage installations right now, we'd like to offer 10% off any new installations booked in during February. This means that the bookings are made in February - the work doesn't have to to be completed this month. If you'd like to take advantage of this offer, please be...
If you're asking yourself 'How does irrigation help my garden?' you probably aren't alone. It might seem a big investment to make when you aren't sure about the benefits. Hopefully our 'Best of 2023' photo at the start of this post will make you see the results with your own...