Some people struggle to understand that their new hedge is a living product and as such needs water to survive. It will take a year or two for the roots […]
Box topiary is an excellent way to add feature to your garden. Box (otherwise known by its Latin name, Buxus sempervirens) grows with very small green round leaves in a […]
One of our increasingly popular forms of hedging is pleached trees. Pleaching is the art of creating a raised hedge screen and can be a particularly effective way to add […]
We love seeing photos from happy customers. This one was provided recently by a customer who bought Portuguese Laurel hedging from us recently and look how good it looks! Prunus […]
This picture is of two identical Portuguese Laurel hedge plants grown in our open ground nursery in Farnham, Surrey. Both were planted at the same time and both were lifted […]
A customer of ours was looking to create a new herb garden and wanted to have the sections of the herb garden outlined by low hedges to create distinct sections. […]
Hedges can be controversial and can lead to disputes between neighbours if not trimmed properly, although fortunately these cases are extremely rare. It doesn’t take a lot of work to […]
We are delighted to announce that CGJ Mathias & Son Nurseries were nominated as a finalist in the Farnham Presidents Award category of the Waverley BIG Awards. BIG stands for […]
With the good weather last week, we took the opportunity to root trim our open ground nursery. This helps make the roots of all of our plants thick and bushy […]
If you drive past our nursery at this time of year, you will see a band of maples out in their red autumnal colours. These were planted by CGJ Mathias’ […]