Herald - Issue 414

v FOR GOOD ADVICE, ASK YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v 28th October 2021 • The HERALD • Page 49 RYAN FENCING Quality Fencing & Gates 07769 706516 • 023 8084 1203 www.ryan-fencing.co.uk • Find us on Facebook 07879 552227 www.crowngardensandlandscapes.co.uk info@crowngardensandlandscapes.co.uk A family run business with over 20 years experience. Our teams of professional, friendly and reliable Gardeners and Landscapers are passionate about gardening and landscaping to very high standards of presentation and quality workmanship. Garden Maintenance Leaf Clearance Autumn Tidy Up Hedges Borders Weeds Pressure Washing Landscaping Design Patios Artificial Lawns Decking Fencing Garden Repairs Your specialist Landscape and Garden Maintenance service, based in Hythe. Here to support the design, creation and maintenance of your perfect and personal outdoor space. Providing a comprehensive and reliable service Commercial & Domestic ❀ Grass Cutting ❀ Hedge Cutting ❀ ❀ Artificial Grass ❀ Tree Work ❀ ❀ Fencing ❀ Clearance ❀ ❀ Grounds Maintenance ❀ Tel: 07515 749731 Email: rkitcher.dgm@gmail.com | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email editor@herald-publishing.co.uk Ghostly Goings-on in Your Garden by Crown Gardens & Landscapes 2020 was definitely more trick than treat. Why not make up for last year and go ‘all out’ in your own garden this year. With a little creativity you can make this Halloween a memorable one. So put on that pointy hat, and await the little beasts wishing to fill their caldrons with sweets and goodies! Scary spider’s webs and spiders You can easily make a giant spider web out of rope or wool if you really want to get creative this Halloween. Stock up with plenty of cable ties and string so that you can attach the web to trees and plants in your garden, or hang smaller webs from tree branches for a more subtle e ect. To minimise damage to your plants, choose sturdy branches or tree trunks to attach them to. Gruesome Gravestones Turn your Halloween garden into a graveyard easily with gravestones or tombstones. If you want ease and simplicity then cardboard and pens work great, simply cut out your shape and draw on your design. If you want to be slightly more adventurous then you can use wooden pallets, old pieces of tile and slate or even the tips of old body boards that you might have lurking in the garage. A bit of paint and some spooky lettering, and you’ll be done. Try placing the tombstones in your ower beds or in a tray of soil so you don’t damage your lawn. Petrifying Pumpkins ere’s nothing more Halloween than carving a pumpkin – it’s also great fun. Creating a pumpkin display on di erent levels is a great way to bring the ghoulish into your garden. You can stand pumpkins on anything solid that you might have in your garden. Pallets, benches, raised ower beds, rockery – there are so many options. If the weather isn’t co-operating then buying battery powered tea lights can be a great alternative to candles. Remember to put your pumpkins in your compost or food bin once you’re done with them, they make for great nourishment for insects and the soil as they decompose. Broomsticks You can easily make broomsticks from branches and twigs lying around in your garden. At this time of year most people are inundated with leaves and branches falling from the trees so you can put them to good use. A bit of string to keep everything in place and you can create a great broomstick display. Use fairly lights to wind around the broom handles for an extra bit of magic. We’d love to see your pictures of what you get up to in your gardens this year. You can email your photos to info@ crowngardensandlandscapes.co.uk and we’ll feature our favourites Halloween gardens on our Pinterest page! Summerhouse Has Arrived e Healthy Haven Garden at the Waterside Medical Practice had their new Summerhouse delivered on Saturday 23rd October. e following week the old shed moved down to the bottom of the garden and is having a new oor and roof installed. e Summerhouse will then be erected on the site of the old shed. It will be solely used for meetings and social events and next year the volunteers hope to put on a range of activities for all age groups so watch this space! ey are grateful to all the local organisations that helped with their kind donations when fundraising for the Summerhouse. How the Summerhouse could look