Purple wellies blog
Welcome to Purple Wellies, the Painted Fern Garden Design blog. Here you will find gardening ideas, design inspiration and details of plants we grow and use in our garden designs.
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Gardens for pollinators and us
JULY 2024
Our gardens aren't just for us! They can be a vital source of food and shelter for a whole host of buzzing and fluttering friends we call pollinators.
Beautiful Borders BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair
FEBRUARY 2024
We are delighted to announce our ‘Beautiful Borders’ design which will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair at Beaulieu, Hampshire from 3rd – 5th May 2024.
The butterfly and moth garden
SEPTEMBER 2020
The beating of a butterfly’s wings, it brings a smile to the face and suggests that perhaps all is right in the world. Quite possibly, as their presence is a key indicator of a healthy ecosystem. What about their shadier cousins, the moths?
Weeds & pests - the perfect garden
SEPTEMBER 2019
Sounds strange, but bear with me. Living in a fast-paced world, it is so easy, when you have a garden pest or weed problem, to reach for a solution in a bottle, organic or not. Better still to adopt some tolerance…