Gardening for absolute beginners – Saturday 3rd May 2025
Want to learn how to care for your own garden? Join this one day practical workshop by professional horticulturist Joe Vary of Gardening Mentor.
Sustainable food production for home gardeners (talk) – Thursday 16th October 2025
Join the Woodnesborough Gardeners Club to hear my talk on sustainable home food production. I’ll be exploring the impact that the food we eat has on our planet’s health, and discussing some innovative and fun ways of growing food in your own home and/or garden.
Free gardening advice from Gardening Mentor’s Joe Vary – December 7th 2024
I'll be in Wickhambreaux Village Hall to answer all of your gardening questions. This is a free event so all you need to bring are your questions and any plant, pest, or disease samples/photos you may have.
A visit to Goodnestone Park Gardens
Back in September we visited Goodnestone Park Gardens. We had a great time and I'd like to show you some of my favourite plants from our visit.
Homemade organic fertiliser from mealworm poo
Have you ever wondered how you could make your own organic fertiliser by raising mealworms and extracting their poo?
Gardening Mentor Rates for 2025
Gardening Maintenance gardening £30 per hour Gardening advice and horticultural consultancy Gardening advice £45 per hour
Plants for dry shade
Plants for dry shade I’m often asked by clients for suggestions on plants for dry shady sites. Dry shade can be quite limiting as many of our most loved plants…