Tony Flanagan
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HARTLEY BOTANIC AT HAMPTON COURT GARDEN FESTIVAL
English Glasshouse and Greenhouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic will be returning to RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival this year with a stand which celebrates and showcases its business through the decades. The show stand will communicate the Greenhouse manufacturer’s heritage and…
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GARGRAVE OPEN GARDENS EVENT
Gargrave is a village that nestles into the upper valley of the River Aire, on the southern fringe of the Yorkshire Dales in the north of England. The river runs through the village, where an ancient stone bridge and two…
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BEST BUY AND TOP PICKS (JUly 21)
BEST BUYSOLAR WATERING SYSTEM The SOL-C12 solar powered irrigation kit can be used for watering small to medium gardens or allotments and can also be used for pots, raised beds, hanging baskets, outdoor vegetables, polytunnels and greenhouses. Water is drawn…
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NATURE ON YOUR DOORSTEP!
The RSPB has launched Nature on Your Doorstep, a project designed to inspire and advise everyone on how to turn their outdoor spaces into havens for wildlife – whether it be a garden, balcony, yard, or community green space. This…
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BEst BUy And Top pIcks (June 21)
If you garden you must be smart anyway, but here are some smart garden appliances and apps to make you even smarter BEST BUYSMART WATER CONTROL This Smart Watering Control kit just requires to you to connect the Gardena hub…
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‘For Peat’s Sake’
‘For Peat’s Sake’ campaigner Garden Organic is asking gardeners to complete a simple survey about their attitudes and habits regarding the use of peat in compost. The results of the survey will help them better understand how and why gardeners…
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GROW FOR CRISIS
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. In support of their work a new campaign, Grow for Crisis, has been launched to encourage people to get into gardening and start their own fundraising campaigns. The campaign will officially start…
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PRODUCT REVIEWS: GARDENING GLOVES
This month the KG Team have been trying out a range of gardening gloves suitable for light tasks around the garden (not suitable for pruning) BEST BUYWEED MASTER BAMBOO GLOVES With the environment in mind, these gloves are made from…
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POTS WITH STYLE
If you want to grow your fruit and veg in pots that are functional as well as pleasing on the eye, here are our Best Buy and Top Pics for the April issue BEST BUYENAMEL POTS These indoor enamel plant…
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How to grow A-Z of ‘no dig’ veg – new from Charles Dowding
Want to know the optimum time to sow runner beans, transplant cabbage and harvest your courgettes? Or when to water celery, how to banish carrot fly and why not digging your garden is more productive? Learning how to sow, grow,…
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Birdy it’s cold outside
The RSPB is urging people to feed the garden birds that have helped raise the public’s spirits over lockdown to help the birds pull through the cold weather snap. With many parts of the country braced for more snow and…
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New series takes viewers to some of Scotland’s most important gardens
Whether planting potatoes or cultivating herbaceous borders, the Scots have long been known as a nation of gardeners. Murdo Macdonald (63), from Edinburgh, makes his debut as a presenter of a new series called Gàrraidhean Mòra na h-Alba/ Gardens of…
