Aliwood Roof Lanterns: Flower Tips for Summer

Whether you’re looking for inspiration, top tips or you’re a lover of all things horticultural, the Chelsea flower show has something for everyone.

With categories ranging from flora and trees to exhibits of vegetables, herbs and presentations of educational interest; over 100 years on, it’s as popular as ever!

With the flower show taking place this week between the 24th and 28th of May, we thought we’d get our green fingers at the ready and discuss our top gardening and flower tips to ensure that your garden, or roof lantern greenhouse looks blooming beautiful this Summer!

The Benefits of Flora

Never underestimate the power of flowers and plants around the home. It’s widely known that being in the presence of blossoms and greenery is good for us! They improve the air quality around us, therefore uplifting our mood. They’re often beautiful and by touching, smelling and caring for plants you will reduce stress and anxiety. A little in-house gardening, repotting and tending is not only great for your routine this summer, but will enhance your living space, bringing the beauty of nature directly to you.

Being amongst nature is one of the most beneficial things humans can do for overall health and wellness. Any stress or intrusive thoughts melt away as your senses hone in to the freedom, fresh air and beautiful scenes surrounding you.

Even if you don’t have a garden you can grow flowers, herbs or even veg indoors. Roof lanterns allow light to flood into your chosen room, keeping the temperature regulated. Simple produce like daffodils, salad or tomatoes would be ideal to grow indoors. There’s something very rewarding about eating something you’ve grown, not to mention the positive impact on your carbon footprint.

Flower Care, Tips and Tricks

If you have decided to grow flowers and plants at home, it’s important that you take care of them properly. There are a few essentials that apply to growing a flower garden both indoors and outdoors.

Good Soil

Good soil should be your primary focus as it will serve as the foundation of growth for everything you add to your garden. If you’re planting outdoors, conduct a soil test in the area you’ve chosen – you can buy acid and alkaline measures online – once finished, you’ll have a better idea of what you need to add to your soil mixture to make it the best blend possible. Usually, soil for indoor gardens is filled with the right nutrients for flowers to thrive from the get-go.

Location and Light

The right location is crucial for a successful flower garden. Most flowers thrive in full to partial sun, so it’s important to choose a spot that boasts ample light to help boost your blooms.

Roof lanterns create the perfect indoor garden setting. Offering all the sunlight needed for beautiful green leaves, blooming flowers and tasty treats! A contemporary roof lantern allows natural light to cascade into your home, brightening up any space.

Additionally, you’ll want to choose a spot that’s out of the way from other activities – there’s nothing worse than your hard-won blooms getting trampled during a backyard BBQ, or indoor workout session!

Start Small

If this is your first flower garden, it’s probably best to start small. Taking on a large plot can quickly become overwhelming, and it may even put you off gardening altogether. A indoor container garden, under your roof lantern is the perfect solution to a compact garden to begin with.

Water

On the subject of less is more, you may have heard that when caring for certain plants, you have to be cautious with care. Over-watering your flowers is the easiest way to set back your gardening efforts. It’s actually best to water your plants less frequently but more thoroughly.

Always check to see if the soil is dry by sticking your finger into the flower bed and checking for moisture. If it’s dry, you need to water. It’s important to remember that each plant will have different needs though; make a weekly plant watering chart to refer to, to help keep your watering on track.

Annual Blooms

From pansies to marigolds, there is a vast array of choice in flowers – the way they grow, their colour and their smell. If you’re looking for a beautiful range, that won’t need upheaval every few months, go with ‘annual flowers.’ These are the ones that can be planted every year, have minimal upkeep, but can jazz up any home setting for the summer. A lot of annual flowers will seed themselves and produce beautiful plants year after year!

Dried Flowers

Don’t forget, you can always dry stray flowers or blooms that are a little past their best to create beautiful displays within your home! Simply lay out or string up the flowers to dry for a couple of weeks and they will have a second life, contributing to your home décor!

Get in Touch

These are just some of the ways to enhance your home with flowers and reap the benefits of bringing nature indoors with contemporary roof lanterns. If you’re interested in Aliwood‘s beautiful and bespoke products, contact us for more information today. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 967107. We look forward to hearing from you!