Welcome to the Greensleeves Blog
The Greensleeves blog is the number one place to keep up to date with all things lawn care. Updated throughout the month, you’ll find expert hints and tips from our local lawn care managers to the latest lawn care news from Greensleeves HQ. Our blog is also packed full of inspiration for not only making the most of your lawn but your garden and home.
The ultimate lawn: Real Vs Artificial
One of the key dilemmas we are increasingly hearing is whether to stick with a real grass lawn, or opt to lay an artificial one? Now of course we at…
How to recognise the most common lawn problems
Identifying why your garden lawn is not at its best is vital. Otherwise you risk spending time, effort, and money on incorrect, ineffective, and potentially damaging treatments. In this article…
How gardens improve mental health
With lockdown seeing us cooped up inside for the best part of 12 months, it was in our gardens that many of us found solace. While we couldn’t go outside…
Supporting WWF
Last Sunday saw 57,000 runners gather in Newcastle to take part in one of the biggest events of the running calendar, the Great North Run. Among the participants was the…
The Lazy Gardening Guide: 3 Tips for a No-Work Garden
Take a step back, put your feet up and enjoy the great outdoors the simple way with our lazy gardening guide. For most people, gardening is all about…
Winter Plants: A Guide To Winter Flowering Plants
Despite the fact that we tend to spend less time in our gardens during the winter, it’s important not to let them go bare as soon as the cold weather…
How To Fix Lawn Fungus
You can take action to stop the spread of fungal diseases with effective treatments. Here is our guide to fungal threats and the best ways to eradicate them: Types of…
Kirkburton Nursery Learns All About Greensleeves
Our Greensleeves Huddersfield, North Sheffield and Wakefield team, recently took a little trip to a local Kirkburton Nursery. We took part in the ‘People Who Help Us’ theme running throughout…
Earth Day Special: It’s time to take care of your lawn
Every April, millions of people around the world mark Earth Day – a day created to flood the world with hope, optimism and action, all around our beautiful planet Earth.…
FIVE GARDEN PARTY COCKTAIL CLASSICS
At long last the weather is beginning to warm up, and now that we can meet in groups of up to thirty outdoors, it’s time to start planning a garden…
Best lawnmowers under £500
Throughout the warmer parts of the year a consistent mowing regime is a vital component to ensure the healthy verdant lawn which we all want. A good lawnmower then is…
How to play… Lawn Bowls
The sight of white-clad teams battling it out on the village bowling green is a scene familiar to many of us, but have you ever tried playing the game yourself?…