Review: Lilacs by Naomi Slade
Lilacs are the flower of my childhood. Like many suburban gardens, ours had a lilac tree, nondescript and generally ignored . . .
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Lilacs are the flower of my childhood. Like many suburban gardens, ours had a lilac tree, nondescript and generally ignored . . .
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I do try to be fairly organised when it comes to my vegetable garden but, reading The Vegetable Grower’s Handbook, . . .
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For many years, first as a student and then in a rented flat, I had no garden, and my growing . . .
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I’ve been dreaming of blue skies, vibrantly coloured flowers and warm sun thanks to a new book that landed on . . .
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‘A Greener Life’ by Jack Wallington explores how to garden for mental health and the planet. The way we garden . . .
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So often in gardening, it’s the bigger picture that we focus on – the appearance of a whole border, the . . .
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Living in the Cotswolds, I naturally come across a lot of cottage gardens as part of my job. There’s no . . .
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I see a lot of gardens in my job so it takes something special to lodge in the memory. The . . .
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The appeal of Hi Cacti begins with the cover. Primary colours and a cartoon-style image of someone hugging a plant . . .
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I’ve been looking through ‘The National Trust School of Gardening’, a new ‘how to’ book. Much of my gardening knowledge . . .
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