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RESTORING PEACE OF MIND AT HAMPTON COURT
Garden designer, Alexandra Noble has been commissioned by the RHS to create a Health & Wellbeing garden at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Alexandra is one of four designers in the brand new Lifestyle Gardens category which seeks to create…
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Eight Ways You Could Be Breaking the Law in Your Own Garden
British home owners are being warned of the eight surprising ways they could break the law in their own gardens. Garden experts from GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk have published a list of eight things Britons should avoid doing in their gardens this spring…
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Our swift guide to migrating birds!
Birds are flying to our shores to enjoy what we all hope will be a glorious summer. The RSPB has handy tips to help identify our visitors. Migrant birds who have spent the winter in Africa are arriving on our…
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Ryton developments
A list of famous names from the world of organic growing have come out in support of the campaign to save Ryton Organic Gardens A letter with signatories including organic gardeners Bob Flowerdew, Joy Larkcom and Alys Fowler, vegan grower…
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Asian hornet alert
Beekeepers are asking gardeners to be on the lookout for Asian hornets, following another confirmed sighting in the UK An Asian hornet was found in early April by a member of the public in Bury in Lancashire, on a cauliflower…
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Bad year for butterflies
Cold weather in April ensured a poor year for butterfly numbers Two declining butterflies suffered their worst year on record in 2017, the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme has found. It was hoped that butterflies would bounce back after a bad…
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Go wild for worms!
Learn how you can help your garden worms to thrive Gardeners are being urged to create a more welcoming habitat for worms in this year’s Wild About Gardens challenge from the RHS and The Wildlife Trusts – Go Wild for…
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Gardens Guide launched for National Gardening Week – Harrogate
Tourism agency Visit Harrogate launches its annual Gardens Guide to celebrate National Gardening Week (30 April – 6 May) It launches the guide at Harrogate Spring Flower Show (26-29 April) – the biggest exhibition of flower arranging and floristry in…
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Everybody sing!
Yes, it seems that spring has finally sprung, and the birds are awake early to tell everyone the good news… Every spring across the UK, an extraordinary thing happens. Early in the morning, woodlands and gardens that fell silent in…
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Going very slightly bananas…
In our first Subs Club for April, for KG subscribers only, we catch up with news and views… from plots as far away as Uzbekistan! Read on. Grow more veg or pay more tax Pictured above: banana peppers, hot in Uzbekistan…
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Bat’s the way to pollinate
Our nocturnal friends pollinate the jade vine in the rainforest. But in Cornwall, people take over the task with paintbrushes… The coming of spring at the Eden Project in Cornwall has been marked by the bursting into bloom of a…
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20,000 knitted hearts destined for Malvern show garden this spring
Knitters worldwide have answered a Gloucestershire widow’s call to craft hearts for a special knitted garden in memory of her husband Clare Young, 50, from Gloucester, has been overwhelmed by the huge response to her ambitious plan to create the…
