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 . . .
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Alpine 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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The shady side of planting
A shady border is rarely the one a gardener is eager to show me when I’m out garden visiting. Areas . . .
Read moreReview: My Life With Plants by Roy Lancaster
I first met Roy Lancaster when he led a guided tour of Plas Cadnant gardens as part of the North . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #66
Anemone blanda.
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Short of growing space? Try a windowsill garden
Franchi Seeds have launched Windowsill Garden kits to bring growing indoors. I’ve been finding out more and there’s the chance . . .
Read moreGardeners celebrate spring
Cheltenham Horticultural Society starts its 75th anniversary year by filling the town’s Pittville Pump Room with spring colour and fragrance . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #65
Magnolia in my mum’s garden.
Read moreReview: A Little History of British Gardening
My father always used to say that if you hung onto something long enough it would eventually come back into . . .
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