Review: A Nation in Bloom by Matthew Biggs
You can’t garden for long without coming across the Royal Horticultural Society. Be it annual flower shows such as Chelsea, . . .
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RHS Malvern Flowers 2019
While I love looking at show gardens, for me, the RHS Malvern flowers are the stars of the show. I . . .
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RHS Malvern gardens 2019
There’s plenty of colour in the 2019 RHS Malvern gardens, which is just as well given the weather. I spent . . .
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Review: The Apprehensive Gardener by Griselda Kerr
To the novice, gardening can be a mysterious art, full of rules on when to plant, how to prune and . . .
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Blacksmith’s Cottage – a lesson in design
Do gardeners have a style that they return to regardless of where they garden? It’s something I pondered as I . . .
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Review: The Cotswold Wildlife Park by Harriet Rycroft with Tim Miles
All gardens are shaped by outside influences and every head gardener I meet has their own particular set of things . . .
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Looking at RHS Cardiff 2019
The flower show season got underway today with gardens, plants and, of course, singing at RHS Cardiff 2019. The smallest . . .
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Gardeners urged to join Big Bug Hunt
There’s nothing worse than tending a plant from seed to garden only to have it attacked by slugs or caterpillars. . . .
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Review: Kiftsgate Court Gardens by Vanessa Berridge
Kiftsgate Court is celebrating its centenary. A new book by Vanessa Berridge charts the history of this unusual Cotswold garden. . . .
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Daffodils and friendly rivalry
I’ve loved traditional horticultural shows since childhood when an elderly neighbour persuaded me to enter her local club’s show. She . . .
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