Steve Ott
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Celebrate seed week – january 18-22
From 18th to 22nd of January, seed savers and gardeners from across the country will celebrateSeed Week, an annual online event highlighting the essential work of organic and agro-ecologicalseed producers and sellers selecting and growing the finest seed across the…
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Positive changes to make in your garden in 2021
Every year, January brings the desire for major lifestyle changes and self-improvements, whether it be drinking less, moving more or a brand new trend – ‘Regenuary’. But what about positive changes you can make in your garden? For the green…
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What will you see in the Big Garden Birdwatch?
World’s largest garden wildlife survey returns, 29-31 January 2021 Over its four decades, Big Garden Birdwatch has highlighted the winners and losers in the garden bird world. In 2020, nearly half a million people took part, counting almost eight million…
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Go greener for 2021
After a testing year which has only been made bearable for many of us by turning to nature, isn’t the new year a brilliant time to repay this debt and make some green resolutions, asks the RSPB? Most new year…
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make a home for wildlife this winter
The colder months can be harsh on wildlife, with many finding their watering holes have frozen over or their cosy dry home is feeling damp. Thankfully, with just a few easy steps you can help create safe places for wildlife…
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Garden therapy AIDS recoverY from mental illness
Support the Bethlem Garden in The Big Give (1 – 8 December) and double your donation The Bethlem Royal Hospital Therapy Garden is taking part in this year’s Big Give with every pound donated being doubled. The Bethlem Royal Hospital…
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make your garden a haven for robins
There are a number of simple steps that you can take to make your garden welcoming to robins before the weather begins to turn too cold… During a cold winter up to half our garden birds can be lost to…
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Book Guides Gardeners Through Plastics Maze
“Plastic-free Gardening” by Fiona Thackeray – The perfect Christmas Gift for green gardeners Tackling the use of plastics in gardens is a thorny issue but now a new book plots a path through the confusion, highlighting progress, revealing where problems…
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THE HELIGAN NIGHT GARDEN
Come and see a Traditional Lantern Experience 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 & 13 December – 5.30pm to 7.30pm18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 & 30 December – 5.30pm to 8.30pm2 & 3 January 2021 – 5.30pm…
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Restoration of unique ‘Capability’ Brown garden given lifeline
The National Trust’s Berrington Hall in Herefordshire has been awarded £269,000 from the £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage Money will help restore the only surviving ‘Capability’ Brown curved walled garden Specialist conservation work starts this week and will continue…
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Third of UK spend less than 15 minutes a day outdoors
Now more than a third of UK are spending less than 15 minutes a day outside 60% say they are getting less than an hour of daily natural light 1/4 of people say their mental health and wellbeing has declined…
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children swap pebbles for veggies
Children across the South East have been taking part in Squire’s Garden Centres ‘Paint A Pebble’ activity. They were invited to collect a free pebble from Squire’s, paint it to look like a vegetable, then bring their masterpiece back into…
