Review: ‘The Allotment Cookbook’
I don’t usually curl up with a recipe book, let alone laugh out loud while reading it. Cook books are . . .
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Cotswold gardens to visit 2016
Whether you’re a gardening novice looking for help, an old hand seeking inspiration, or simply want to enjoy a lovely . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #7
Just love the shocking pink of this dahlia.
Read moreReview: Grow Your Own Cake
It had to happen. Sooner or later someone was going to combine the nation’s current obsession with baking and its . . .
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Florists go to Chelsea
Gloucester florist Katherine Kear will be celebrating the Victorians’ influence on gardening at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. The British . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #6
Elegant orchids.
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Highgrove garden festival
Highgrove is holding its first garden festival this spring with talks by celebrity gardeners, tours of the Royal garden and . . .
Read moreDesigner plans luxury shop
Award-winning Cotswold designer Paul Hervey-Brookes and sculptor Yann Eshkol are opening a luxury garden shop in Stroud next month. Allomorphic . . .
Read moreReview: ‘Making a Garden’ by Carol Klein
If there’s one thing that gardening teaches you it’s that it is far better to work with Nature than against . . .
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Snowdrops add sparkle to Cotswold Farm
Snowdrops’ obliging nature makes them ideal for most gardens. Happy to naturalise through grass or under trees, they can also . . .
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