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Welcome to Alexander John Garden Design, Banbury. We provide Banbury Garden Design and Banbury Garden Landscaping. We have a wealth of over 25 years of experience within the horticultural industry to ensure your garden is well cared for and looks beautiful. We offer a professional and complete Design and Landscaping service to all customers within a 25-mile radius of Banbury. Simply contact us to arrange your Consultation. Why not visit our Blog to see some of our work?

 

Top 5 best winter-flowering plants for the garden

Top 5 best winter-flowering plants for the garden

Top 5 best winter-flowering plants for the garden Add a bright splash of colour to gloomy winter gardens with our pick of the 5 best winter-flowering plants. Winter flowering heathers – These are our first choice as they can cope with cold and wet and have a long flowering season, from November to March. Flowers… Continue Reading

Gardening in hard times (During Covid) – Grow your Own Part 1

Gardening in hard times (During Covid) – Grow your Own Part 1

The coronavirus pandemic has set off a massive gardening boom in recent months, Grow your own was a massive interest in the early days of lockdown. Major seed suppliers were depleted of stock quickly with uncertainty of future re stocks. Garden centres were closed and just buying a simple bag of compost became a desperate… Continue Reading

Winter garden tidy ups and putting to bed for Winter

Banbury Gardeners are now in the midst of an extremely busy planting season with the bare root season upon us and now we are carrying out winter garden tidy ups for many of our regular garden maintenance customers. Cutting back and tidying Clearing of leaves ( a regular weekly job) Pruning of fruit trees Weeding… Continue Reading

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Victoria Hill  Garden border clearance and replanting with new replacement close board fencing. Nicholas was prompt and efficient in communication. He project managed the work through to completion, giving advice and making adjustments as requested. Work was completed to a high standard in less time than anticipated. Nicholas was able to keep within my requested… Continue Reading

25 Shade Tolerant plants ideal for UK gardens

25 Shade Tolerant plants ideal for UK gardens

Do you have a shaded area in your garden where nothing seems to Grow? I know the feeling as i have been faced with the same issue in my own garden. Here I reveal 25 plants that have been able to cope with this same problem. Hopefully once you have seen these gorgeous shade tolerant… Continue Reading

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Mrs. Reese Nicholas transformed my vegetable and rear patio gardens into my vision! After an initial consultation discussion about colors, I was presented with a wonderful collage and plant lists created to help me visualize the plants and the end result. His passion and knowledge are unrivaled, coupled with him being a thoroughly decent human,… Continue Reading

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Laura Dance Nicholas Macartney of www.banburygardeners.co.uk with his deep knowledge and expertise has enabled me to realize my dream of an easy to maintain, color and scent filled garden and is welcoming to wildlife. The work, materials, and plants used in the garden and planting schemes are of the highest quality and have no hesitation… Continue Reading

Review

Review

Mr. and Mrs. Billington We were introduced to Nick of Alexander John through some good friends of ours as we had just moved to the area and we needed help in getting our small south-facing patio garden designed and landscaped. Primarily to be a low maintenance space that afforded year-round interest.  The Boss Nick is… Continue Reading

Growing vegetables with children

Growing vegetables with children

Growing vegetables with children Growing vegetables in the garden with children is an enjoyable experience that introduces children to where food comes from and here we show ones that are easy to sow and grow. To make a successful veggie garden, you should start by choosing appropriate plants. Choose easy-to-grow vegetables such as beets, carrots, radishes and tomatoes, but… Continue Reading