About Hayes

About Hayes

This blog gives you a potted history of how Hayes Garden World came to become one of the Lake Districts most popular tourist attractions, growing from a small nursery over 200 years ago to todays multi-faceted garden centre.

June

June

As we head into June with another Bank Holiday to see May out, the weather looks like it is going to be a mix of rain showers, occasional strong winds &...

Best Tips For Growing Roses

Best Tips For Growing Roses

Roses are essential in the summer garden and are one of the toughest most tolerant plants. Follow these tips and you will be able to get the most out of your plants.

Barbecuing With Richard Holden

Barbecuing With Richard Holden

This short bio of Richard Holden gives you an idea of what drives him to become the best BBQ chef. He regularly takes our BBW courses held here in store where you can learn new and exciting dishes to wow your guests.

How To Keep Your Summer Bedding Plants In Hanging Baskets, Containers And Troughs Looking Good Until Autumn

How To Keep Your Summer Bedding Plants In Hanging Baskets, Containers And Troughs Looking Good Until Autumn

Summer bedding plants need plenty of water, food and deadheading Summer bedding plants are hungry and thirsty, so to keep them looking good well into autumn make sure you keep...

Best Tips For Looking After Summer Bedding Plants

Best Tips For Looking After Summer Bedding Plants

Once you have planted up your summer hanging baskets and containers it makes sense to have the plants last as long as possible. Follow these tips and you will be able to make your containers look great up to autumn.

World of Gardening

World of Gardening

Pots to propagating, sheep to shears and weedkiller to wellies Everyone who has some outdoor space, whether it’s a few pots outside the back door or a palatial estate, needs...

How To Sow Broccoli For A Crop Over Winter

How To Sow Broccoli For A Crop Over Winter

Broccoli is nutritious and easy to grow over winter We are sowing a mix of purple and white sprouting broccoli in summer to give us a crop in early spring....

How To Take Cuttings From Basil

How To Take Cuttings From Basil

Take cuttings from basil for fresh leaves over winter Taking cuttings from Basil is one of the easiest gardening tasks. If you take cuttings towards the end of summer you...

How To Dead Head And Prune Roses After They Have Finished Flowering

How To Dead Head And Prune Roses After They Have Finished Flowering

Rose 'Paul's Scarlet' Enjoy a second flush of roses in early autumn by pruning in summer A little light pruning in summer after your rose has finished flowering can often...

How To Gauge When To Harvest Your Vegetables

How To Gauge When To Harvest Your Vegetables

It's that time of year to enjoy the fruits of your hard work Aubergines are better cut off the plant rather than pulled as the stems are rather tough and...

How To Utilise A Glut Of Tomatoes

How To Utilise A Glut Of Tomatoes

Preserve all those lovely tomatoes in chutneys or a winter warming soup This year there has been a fantastic crop of tasty tomatoes and even after giving to family and...

August

August

August in the garden is the time to sit back and reflect on all your hard work; BBQ, entertain family and friends, pick all your lovely produce and just enjoy the outdoors. There are a few tasks to complete but they are mainly just tending and keeping on top of weeds.

How To Feed Tomatoes

How To Feed Tomatoes

Tomato 'Moneymaker' Feeding tomatoes regularly will produce a large crop of sweet tasty fruit Tomatoes need different nutrients at different times of their life and they are quite greedy feeders...

How To Earth Up Potatoes Growing In Bags And Containers

How To Earth Up Potatoes Growing In Bags And Containers

Increase the root area for a bigger crop You will need: multi-purpose compost You earth up potatoes in order to increase the amount of roots the plant grows. The more...

How to care for roses in summer

How to care for roses in summer

Roses are the nations favourite flower and an absolute essential if you are creating a traditional English garden. This blog gives you some tips on how to make them last as long as possible over the growing season.