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Is RHS Chelsea Flower Show more eco-friendly than your Garden?
Giant Scabious and spider Answer: in all honesty, probably not. Why? Think of all those mature trees transported in from the continent; all that hard landscaping; all those thirsty plants that need ga… more →
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Is RHS Chelsea Flower Show more eco-friendly than your Garden?
wrote 6 days ago: Giant Scabious and spider Answer: in all honesty, probably not. Why? Think of all those mature trees … more →
Gnomes, Chelsea Flower Show and Ornaments in Your Garden
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wrote 1 week ago: garden gnome RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a hundred years old this year; and to celebrate gnomes are b … more →
Pests in the garden – Lily Beetles and Snails
wrote 2 weeks ago: Bees on Lily The recent warmer weather has brought a number of pests into activity in the garden and … more →
April showers and May Day in the Garden
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wrote 3 weeks ago: white-honesty (lunaria) April brings showers to our gardens; this year April has brought showers of … more →
Compost – the smell of a successful Garden
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wrote 1 month ago: serious composting in a large garden Clay soil, sandy soil, whatever the soil in your garden, it can … more →
Garden Planning: Flowers for Spring Weddings and Spring Flowering Bulbs
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wrote 1 month ago: Narcissus elka Garden planning: in this instance, ideas for spring wedding floral displays that won’ … more →
The Carpet in your Garden: Spring Lawn Tasks
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wrote 2 months ago: a pretend four leaf clover – do you know what it really is? St Patricks Day is March 17th. St … more →
Spring Gardens: “sow” much to do
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wrote 2 months ago: Narcissus-bulbocodium-praecox Feeling overwhelmed with spring cleaning tasks in the garden? Why not … more →
Vodka drinking Tulips and heroic Snowdrops
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wrote 3 months ago: Galanthus-and-Narcissus Or how the bulb kept its secret in your garden all winter. Unless, of course … more →
Roses are red; violets are blue
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wrote 3 months ago: red-rose-bushes The modern Valentine’s Day may or may not be named or based on the actions of an ear … more →
Summer Garden visits: Antony House Garden
wrote 4 months ago: White rabbits, topiary, flowers and wonderful scenic views make this garden a magical experience. An … more →
Winter Evergreens in your Garden and in your Home
wrote 4 months ago: Pine WP There has been a lot of talk about the garden being ‘a part of the house’ or ‘another room’; … more →
Winter Gardens, Glasshouses to walk through
wrote 5 months ago: The Oxford dictionary defines a winter garden as a noun, which is either a garden of plants, such as … more →
Holly: a useful Christmas evergreen in your garden
wrote 5 months ago: WP espresso coffee cup This year’s weather has had a detrimental effect on the coffee bean crop: bad … more →
In Your Winter Garden
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wrote 5 months ago: We admit it – this is a bit of an advert – but if you’re wondering what to buy som … more →
Water in the Garden
wrote 6 months ago: Water has been something of a headliner in Britain this year. Too much water covering the soil and m … more →
Design Inspiration from Cawdor Castle Garden
wrote 6 months ago: A rainy day in June and a Scottish garden full of interesting plants. This week’s blog is largely a … more →
Gardens of Remembrance
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wrote 6 months ago: The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Even gardeners stop for two minutes to … more →
Fireworks in the Garden
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wrote 6 months ago: From a design perspective, all those hours spent deciding which plant should go where can be ruined … more →
