Category: Flowers, veg and more
Keep blooming ’til New Year
From vibrant poinsettias to the obvious Christmas cacti, giving pot plants as a festive gift shows no signs of losing . . .
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Please, Santa, can I have . . .
Unlike some of my nearest and dearest, gardening friends and family are easy when it comes to buying presents. Newcomers . . .
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Christmas turns copper
Innovative Gloucestershire florist Hans Haverkamp is predicting a move away from the traditional when it comes to Christmas colours this . . .
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Get a taste for history
There’s nothing quite like the taste of a freshly picked apple, one that hasn’t been ferried miles and then sat . . .
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Vintage style is blooming
Growing flowers for picking is nothing new and many gardeners have a small cutting patch or a wigwam of sweet . . .
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Put the buzz in your garden
Updated in February 2025 to revise the new total number of bee species worldwide. Gardeners are being asked to think of . . .
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Getting a world class lawn
Most of us try for a reasonably green and weed-free lawn to set off borders and impress friends and family. . . .
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