Review: Grounding by Lulah Ellender
I get a lot of gardening books to review, most of them interesting and informative but every now and then . . .
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RHS Chelsea 2022 – Among the Flowers
There may be fewer nurseries in the Great Pavilion than in years gone by but RHS Chelsea 2022 is still . . .
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RHS Chelsea 2022 – the Gardens
After a three-year gap since the last May show, RHS Chelsea 2022 was eagerly anticipated – and it hasn’t disappointed. . . .
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Growing Green at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2022
This contest has now closed and the tickets were won by Tom Cranham. Given that she’s building the feature garden . . .
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South Lodge – Working With Nature
South Lodge opens for the National Garden Scheme this week. I went to have a look around ahead of its . . .
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RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2022 – the Nurseries
Flower show nursery displays are always a highlight and the RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2022 didn’t let me down. Plenty . . .
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RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2022 – The Gardens
Fixed budget designs, houseplants in the spotlight and gardens that the head judge described as full of “take home ideas”, . . .
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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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Breaking the Rules at Downton House
With the plethora of gardening advice around it’s easy to imagine that there’s only one way of doing things but . . .
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Review: The Vegetable Grower’s Handbook by Huw Richards
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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