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...
If you live in a flat or apartment with no garden of your own, it's a blessing to have a balcony or small roof terrace. These enable you to enjoy a private outdoor space where you can relax. You may find, though that they feel very much an urban setting,...
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 -...
At Rosewood, all the living walls we design and install are pretty much hassle-free. First of all, we use low-maintenance planting. For example, we design our walls with a great mix of evergreen and semi-evergreen plants, so they look great all year round. Watering is also simple. The troughs we...
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...
If you run a commercial wedding venue, you'll obviously be wanting to make sure it's as attractive as possible to couples. We can help! We believe that living walls add the wow factor to weddings (and other events). No matter how great your venue, a stunning wall of plants makes...
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...
When we design a living wall, we like to use plants that provide a variety of colours and textures. Most of the time we choose evergreens and semi-evergreens. That way our vertical gardens look wonderful all year round. However, seeing these amazing spring flower living walls shows how single species...
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...
As living wall specialists, we're very much aware of how urban greening makes cities better in so many ways. If you don't know the term, urban greening refers to creating places where plants can grow within cities or towns. These urban developments often have little natural green space left, so...