Zoe Woodward Gardening

Tomato Video Hub.
Tomatoes need to be kept above 5°C so you may need to sow and grow them indoors initially. To help prevent leggy seedlings (leggy Linda’s) you can create a simple foil reflector.

How we support our Sweet Pea’s and protect the blooms from rain and adverse weather conditions.

One of the first foliage fillers to be ready in my garden and the last still standing in November! This perennial, once established, will give you bucket loads of stems and needs very little care and attention. Fresh green foliage early in the season and stems with delicate flowers later in summer.

Carnations ‘Dianthus caryophyllus’, technically a tender perennial. Carnations are best grown as an annual. They dislike damp conditions so are unsuitable for Autumn Jump Starting. Sown in late winter gives them not only the time and but also lower temperatures at the young plant stage to achieve strong bushy growth.

Late Winter is the perfect time to sow Rudbeckia hirta for blooms from later in Summer until the frosts.

Pinching Snapdragons Late Winter is the perfect time to sow a 2nd round of Snapdragons, they will bloom slightly later than the Autumn Jump Starter Snapdragons which should now be ready for pinching to create more bouquet sized stems. Full how to and why in this video.

How to sow and grow your own Eucalyptus (Late Winter)

Potting on and coppicing (Late Spring)

Eucalyptus update (Late Summer)

From sowing and successful germination all the way thru to flowering, harvesting blooms and arranging.

The annual scabious (scabiosa atropurpurea) is a supreme cut flower! I like to sow late winter for best results

Late Winter 2nd Sowing of Anemone and Ranunculus Corms For busy gardeners you can now plan ahead with our Grow-A-Long Handbooks. It contains technical growing information including plant heights and spacing, what to pinch and when, key dates to help you plan for the growing season ahead, and a sowing schedule.

The best time to sow Sweetpeas is in the Autumn but you also have a short window in late winter. In this video I explain why it’s best not to sow any later than the end of February.

Soil Science
In these videos we will discuss Soil PH, Soil Structure, Soil Horizons, Planting and Composting.

Leaves turning yellow for no apparent reason? Your plants could be suffer from ‘Cold Shock’.

In this video I’m going to demonstrate how to make a simple buttonhole using flowers you have grown yourself from your garden.

My list of essential kit is also available in the handbooks with pages you can print and take it shopping. In these videos I will also take you through each item and explain the use.

In this video I will explain what a seed is which will help you understand why we need to store them carefully in a cool dry place.

How to make your own cold frames

Shopping List
VC Corrugated Roof Sheets

Length : 2m Width : 762mm

Frame 850mm x 350mm Pressure treated wood (Total needed approx. 6.5M)

Back legs 2 x 500mm

Front legs 2 x 400mm these are shorter so rain will run off

Extra support baton 25mm x 35mm (total wood 2.8M)

100mm screws

Roof fixings will cover any screws in the roof

Drying Strawflowers and wiring.

It is better to wire flowers fresh and then dry them, they are easier and less fragile.

Convert your ‘Leggy Linda’ seedlings into new plants by taking Sweet Pea cuttings.

Leggy Seedlings is the most common problem when starting seeds is too little light.

Dahlia Hall of Fame, the very best Dahlias to grow as cut Flowers for Flower arranging, Weddings and Events

Neil’s Cages! Wire Hoop Plant Supports. It can be expensive and tricky to adequately support a whole cut flower garden, here are some plant supports you can make yourself…

Flower Frames
Our own ‘invention’ these double Plant Staking with Cold Frames and extend our season here in the Chiltern Hills right on the Buckinghamshire / Bedfordshire border…

In order to have a season long display rather than one big bonanza, you should plant bulbs with a variety of flowering times.

Cutting Flowers 
The basics of cutting flowers, this will help extend the vase life of flowers which is vitally important when flowers are for a Wedding or Event, they need to look as fresh as the day they were picked.

Picking in the early morning or the cool of the evening straight into water and then keep them in a cool and dark place for at least a few hours – preferably overnight.