Laura and Sheila welcomed Didem to her first mission at Braywick Plant Nursery on a chilly morning. Our warm-up task was to repot some Festuca grasses into larger pots, to allow them to continue to grow over the winter. We then moved on to removing any dead stems and leaves from the Pelargonium and Impatiens plants which are over-wintering in the glasshouse. One large pot of trimmings and a few cold toes later, we made our way home

It was so nice to go to Braywick this morning in the sunshine and blue skies seems like its been ages! Firstly I must apologise for the really bad photographs. I dont have the best phone camera and I am rubbish at selfies! Todays task was to get rid of the last of the summer bedding still hanging in there. Some of it I just tidied up got rid of dead stems and leaves in the hope that overwintering in the greenhouse some might survive. These were mainly begonias and geraniums. There is a table in the working greenhouse where sick plants go to see if they can be revived. It hadnt been sorted for a while so there was alot to get rid of. Amazing the difference a tidy up can do to the look of the place. This ofcourse if I had been Sheila I would have taken a before and after photo but sorry folks just my dreadful pictures. I did however enjoy my time there today very much! eeeh! They are soo bad!........

At Braywick Plant Nursery, Anna and Sheila were tasked with looking after the perennials that had been brought inside for the winter. We have them all a top dressing of plant food which should give them a boost, then cut back any spent foliage. They looked much better by the end

Laura and Sheila got creative at Braywick Heath this morning. Our first task was to transport the 6-packs of dianthus and wallflowers from the glasshouse to the outside sales area as they were growing too fast inside! We were then asked to arrange some of the other plants on a set of tables outside, so it would draw people in to have a look. We arranged grasses, herbs, heuchera and ajuga around some taller focal plants and everyone was pretty pretty pleased with the result

Laura and Sheila got all creative today at Braywick Plant Nurseries, planting up hanging baskets with hardy plants which will provide a nice display all winter. By the end of the session we had had a good catch-up and produced 21 lovely baskets ready for sale

As Sheila was on her Hols in Yorkshire I met our lovely new lady Kay! We started off putting the plugs into 6 packs in the greenhouse but it soon got too hot so we decamped outside where it was cooler. There we met Oscar a Furze Platt pupil who was volunteering as part of his Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award. He filled the six packs while we put in the plugs. We didnt stop for tea and everyone was very pleased how much we got done. I look forward to meeting Kay again in the near future. Sorry there is no picture I completely forgot!!!!