Hits and misses of the 2017 garden trials
One of the delights of gardening is trying something new and I’ve been given a whole range of things for . . .
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Tag: flowers
RHS Chelsea 2017 – in among the flowers
Cotswold gardens are generally big on herbaceous perennials so I love the chance to see something a bit different. The . . .
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Review: Good Soil by Tina Raman, Ewa-Marie Rundquist & Justine Lagache
For many gardeners, feeding the soil is like the plumbing in a house, essential but frankly uninspiring. Indeed, the women . . .
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Review: Urban Flowers by Carolyn Dunster
It’s been some years since my gardening was confined to a few houseplants and some pots balanced precariously outside a . . .
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Mad about the snowdrop
Snowdrop expert John Grimshaw is returning to the Cotswolds to talk about these winter favourites at Allomorphic in Stroud. I . . .
Read moreReview: Build a Better Vegetable Garden
On the path of garden DIY I’ve never attempted woodwork since a compulsory carousel of practical subjects in my first . . .
Read moreHow to grow cutting flowers
A friend once commented with surprise that she didn’t expect to see me buying flowers. Surely I had enough in . . .
Read morePlant-hunting at the Malvern Autumn Show
The nursery displays at the Malvern Autumn Show are always the first place I head. Mail order is all very . . .
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Harrell’s – a hidden plant paradise
A trip to Harrell’s Hardy Plants usually requires a somewhat furtive return and a look of wide-eyed innocence if the . . .
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