Charities

Acanthus Garden Designs regularly offers garden design hours for charity auctions. Charities donated to date include:

• Racing Welfare
• Marie Curie Cancer Care
• East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity Ball Auction

CB8 Magazine - A bi-monthly local magazine

Acanthus Garden Designs writes a regular feature called 'In the garden' full of hints and tips for seasonal garden maintenance and design ideas.

	July-August 2008 Welcome to the start of the second year of "In The Garden" and I hope that you have enjoyed your first year of gardening advice from Acanthus Garden Design. One things for sure, the mix of sun and rain this year to date has been great for growing, so I'm guessing that your gardens are all flourishing. July and August are the peak of the growing season so I hope you're enjoying the fruits of your labour.
	May-June 2008 The gardening calendar moves on towards its peak in mid summer. No doubt your mowing season has started and you are planning trips to the garden centre to fill up your pots and baskets. Don't forget grasses, perennials and compact shrubs can look just as good in a container and last longer too! The Acanthus "In the Garden" article has reached its annual cycle and I look forward to sharing more hints and tips with you in the coming year. Enjoy the garden whatever the weather.
	March-April 2008 Welcome to the busiest period in the garden. As the garden starts to dress the bare skeletons of winter once more its time to don your wellington boots and face the beautiful fresh spring days. If you are really keen, you've probably made the most of the stunning sunny days in February already and need no further encouragement. Invest now in mulching, planting, weeding, pruning and you will be ahead of the game come summer.
	January-Febuary 2008 A very Happy New Year to you all. Whether your resolutions involve getting fitter, losing Christmas weight or going organic the garden can help you achieve the new you for 2008! Here are a few suggestions of how to keep busy on those beautiful frosted mornings, whilst nature glitters around you in the low lying winter sun.
	November-December 2007 As the garden slows down and heads for its dormant season, there are still a few essential jobs to be doing to round off the year. It's also a great time to be reflecting on your successes of this year and planning for the next. Whether it be adding more structural planting to the garden now you see it's winter silhouette, perusing seed catalogues for inspirations for next years borders or coming up with a garden re-design plan to implement in the spring, winter is the season of planning the garden.
	September-October 2007 Autumn is upon us and is an abundant time in the garden, with a dramatic backdrop of rich hues bathed in soft golden light. As the garden heads towards dormancy, you may think this is time to relax, but harvesting is the key task of the season and will keep you on your toes well into October. The ripening fruit needs collecting, there are squashes and courgettes to collect and ripened seed heads provide us with a potentially fabulous display for next year. In addition to this you can harvest more plants from your perennials. All in all you get to proudly reap the fruits of your labour earlier in the year.
	July-August 2007 Welcome to a new article aimed at helping you to keep up with the pace in the garden. I am a local garden designer and hope, over the course of the year to offer you inspirational ideas, design tips and practical advice for your garden. July and August are the months to sit back and enjoy your garden space at it's summer best, but if you still fancy a potter I have included a list of useful tasks to be getting on with in the garden...