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<\/p>\nBRITAIN'S busiest gardener has revealed he spends 3 hours a night tending to his 2,000 flowers.<\/p>\n
Shaun Schroeder, 60, delights neighbours every year with his stunning multi-coloured garden in Bristol that boasts 200 hanging baskets.<\/p>\n
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Shaun, a demolition supervisor, plants everything in one whirlwind week in May so everything blooms at the same time around late July.<\/p>\n
The grandad-of-two got into gardening during lockdown and found himself hooked – and this year his garden is better than ever.<\/p>\n
People from all over Bristol have flocked to see his hard work with some even posting notes praising his beautiful garden through his letterbox.<\/p>\n
Shaun budgets around \u00a31,500 per year for materials to spruce up his property which includes all plants, compost, fertiliser, pots and tools. <\/p>\n
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When he gets home from work he spends between two and three hours in the garden planting, tending, dead-heading and watering – as well as all his time on weekends. <\/p>\n
Speaking to BristolLive, Shaun said: "The garden is in full bloom at the minute – this year the 200 hanging baskets are looking tip-top!<\/p>\n
"I actually planted 199 to start with but as soon as I counted them, I had to plant one more to make the round figure. The rain this summer has done wonders for the lawn – it's as green as can be.<\/p>\n
"The older I get, the harder work it is to keep on top of everything, but it's such a lovely job. <\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "It just de-stresses me getting out in the garden after a hard day at work – even if just to look at it. But it's not just for me, I do it so everyone else can enjoy it too."<\/p>\n Shaun spends all summer maintaining his blooms with such care that he even removes every slug and snail by hand to protect his beloved plants.<\/p>\n The green-fingered grandad, who lives with wife Jan Schroeder, 59, added: "I'm lucky I have an understanding wife who lets me spend all weekend in the garden!"<\/p>\n Shaun always gardened in his modest 4m wide garden but it became his passion during lockdown when people began to notice it more. <\/p>\n He would get people pass and tell him the garden "brightened up the doom and gloom" during lockdowns which spurred him on.<\/p>\n Now, the keen gardener books a week off work in May every year to have a solid seven days of planting ready for summer.<\/p>\n This year saw him top his personal records with over 2,000 petunias, begonias, fuchsias, calibrachoas, impatiens, geraniums, lobelias and verbena.<\/p>\n Shaun said that with costs rising, plants have become more expensive, but he's tackled that by doing more cuttings rather than buying them all new.<\/p>\n Around 500 of the 2,000 plants in his garden this year were taken from last year's cuttings. <\/p>\n Several years on from lockdown, Shaun's main motivator remains to give others a lovely display to look at.<\/p>\n The avid gardener added: "A lot of the residents around Whitchurch take detours to go past my garden. <\/p>\n "They love to come up and have a look at it and I'm always willing to show them around too if they want.<\/p>\n "Some walk by in the evenings and tell me it looks fabulous and people are always knocking on the door. <\/p>\n "I run a\u00a0gardening Facebook group, but I've never tried to profit from anything – I just do my gardening so everyone else can enjoy it."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TM-comp-Bulgaria-v2.jpg\")
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