ABOUT ME
I am a qualified gardener and planting designer with 20 years’ experience. I trained at Capel Manor College in Enfield. My qualifications are a City and Guilds in Practical Horticulture and a City and Guilds in Plants and Planting Design where I gained a distinction. I specialise in garden maintenance and planting.
I charge £22.50 per hour.
Free consultation.
I am North London based.
Please contact me on 07471 080143 or by email kittybutterwick@outlook.com.
TESTIMONIALS
"Working with Kitty was a pleasure from start to finish. She listened to all my needs, in terms of what I wanted to feel in my garden and my budget. Having Kitty in my house and garden was easy and fun, as were trips to the garden centre. I absolutely love the final result and sitting in it is a joy. And more to the point, who doesn’t want their garden done from someone called Kitty Butterwick!"
Anna N17
"I asked Kitty to design me a garden with low maintenance plants and lots of colour and this is exactly what I got! Kitty listened and gave advice and explained the whole process. I am really pleased with the final result and would highly recommend Kitty with her expert knowledge and experience for anyone looking to brighten up their garden or outside space."
Emma N17
PLANT OF THE MONTH
VIBURNUM TINUS
Viburnum tinus may be a very common shrub that you see everywhere but I still love it. It flowers for a long time from late autumn through the winter into early spring and gives much needed winter interest with its pretty white flowers and handsome shiny evergreen foliage. The fruits are deep bluey black and are also attractive.
Viburnum tinus grows into a large shrub so give it plenty of space - height and spread 1.2m by 1.2m in 5 years, ultimately 3.5m tall - and it grows quite quickly. It will grow practically anywhere in sun or shade, even in dry shade in my experience and copes with poor soils. It looks good in a variety of planting schemes and I particularly like it in shady combinations, mixed with ferns and hellebores for example. I have a Viburnum tinus growing in a large pot in my east-facing front garden along with conifers, camellias and a fuchsia, also in pots, and they look well together.
Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’ is a more compact shrub with pretty pink buds that open into pale pink flowers. ‘Gwenllian’ has deep pink buds that open into pink flowers. ‘Lisarose’ has red buds and pink and white flowers.
You don’t need to prune Viburnum tinus unless you want to restrict its size, in which case prune it after flowering.
