7. Surrounding Plants
Gardeners setting out the planning of their gardens for the first time often miss out on the benefits their garden can get from planting the right plants in close proximity to others. When you’re putting together a garden, it’s far more than just an arrangement of plants that grow next to one another – the successful and happy garden contains plants that work together.
This is part of the magic of gardening, and making sure you have the right surrounding plants around your blackberries can go a far way towards a happier, healthier overall garden.
Berry plants often go well together because of the fact that they prefer more or less the same conditions and soil for them in order to thrive, but gardeners should also remember that they don’t want to plant varying plants too close to one another – yes, it’s pretty easy for berry plants to become entangled, leaving you with a mess to trim.