Win some Dalefoot Compost
Please note, this contest has closed. Like many gardeners, I don’t like using peat and over the years I’ve tried . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Plants, history and contest plans
Gardeners in Cheltenham are hosting a plant fair and getting an insight into the history of vegetable growing. Lynda Warren will . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #69
Clematis ‘Freda’
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Blockley gardens: a lesson in colour at Church Gates
Blockley gardens are one of the most popular village openings in the National Garden Scheme’s Cotswold calendar. I’ve been admiring . . .
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Review: The Thoughtful Gardener by Jinny Blom
Some years ago, I encountered a garden that has left a lasting impression. With its perfectly choreographed borders, striking design . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #68
A camellia in Cornwall.
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RHS Malvern Spring Festival – a new direction
Several months into her new role heading up the RHS Malvern Spring Festival Jane Furze still seems surprised at her . . .
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Review: The Community Gardening Handbook and Grow by Ben Raskin
Aside from the ravages of slugs, the menace of ground elder and the weather, two topics often crop up in . . .
Read moreAlpine show and plant sale
Alpines will be on show and on sale at an event in Gloucestershire on Bank Holiday Monday. Members of the . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #67
Malus floribunda
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