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Horatio’s Garden spring raffle
With a host of wonderful prizes donated by various leading companies, including Gaze Burvill, The Newt, Chic Teak, Cassandra Goad, Indian Ocean, Cobra Beer, Olivia von Halle and Gardens Illustrated, the team at national charity Horatio’s Garden are hoping everyone…
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‘BeE motorway’ is creating a buzz!
A new plan has been launched by insect charity Buglife to help pollinating insects by creating a ‘bee motorway’ across the UK. Landowners have joined together to plant pollinator-friendly flowers to create a highway that bees can travel on –…
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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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PODCAST 97: HOW TO START A NEW PLOT
This week the team discusses the best ways to start a new plot, whether it be in your back garden or an allotment! The podcast is jam-packed full of tips and tricks in everything from starting from scratch on a…
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PODCAST 96: SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE – The March 2021 Audio Edition of Kitchen Garden Magazine
Sit back and relax whilst listening to the audio edition of the March 2021 issue of Kitchen Garden Magazine! The days are getting longer, the birds are singing and there are snowdrops peeping through the cold earth. Yes, spring is finally on…
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Podcast 95: An Interview with Martin Fish
This week we’ve had the pleasure to interview Martin Fish, one of the UK’s most well loved and respected horticulturalists. For over thirty years he’s been a regular on TV and radio and has passed on his gardening advice in…
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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…
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Podcast 94: Ready Steady Sow
On your marks, get set, SOW! This week, Steve, Emma and Tony are busy preparing for what they’re going to grow this season. So they’ve gathered together online to discuss which seed varieties they’re going to sow. This includes Machu…
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Begin a green career at an RHS Garden
With 2020 seeing a gardening boom and many forced to consider their career options, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is giving 40 green-fingered applicants the chance to train at one of the charity’s five gardens from 2021. Up 8% on…
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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…
