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Expert advice on fruit in pots
Markus Kobelt has written an excellent blog on container fruit growing. If you want more fruit but don’t have more space, think in terms of planters rather than yearning after acres, says Markus Kobelt of fruit nursery Lubera – more and…
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Act for bats!
While bats can be found in both rural and urban settings, most of us are unaware of them and why they need our help to survive. The Wildlife Trusts, the Bat Conservation Trust and the RHS have joined forces to…
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Young gardeners show how it’s done
The award for School Gardening Team of the Year 2016 from Stafford Manor High School. A green-fingered six-year-old has been named RHS Young School Gardener of the Year 2016. Fred Wilcox, who attends Trafalgar Infant School in Twickenham, beat youngsters from…
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Brexit worries for wildlife
As the dust settles after the EU referendum, the response from a whole host of conservation organisations has been that since much of our environmental protection legislation derives from the European Parliament, the onus is now on the UK government…
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Get wise to water
‘One house won’t make a huge difference, but a street of houses will. It’s all about it being a community effort,’ says the RHS, which is calling on the nation to adapt its gardening practices in response to Britain’s increasingly…
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Farm Terrace fights on
Allotment holders in Watford are fighting a third attempt to build on their site, which has served West Watford for 120 years. For the third time, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has agreed that Watford Council…
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What’s ‘perfect for pollinators’ on your plot?
Take part in the RHS ‘Perfect for Pollinators’ survey The RHS and the University of Bristol are asking gardeners to take part in a new online survey to identify the most commonly planted pollinator-friendly plants and assess how good UK…
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Bats in the night
The Bat Conservation Trust is looking for volunteers willing to get up early or go out late… The Bat Conservation Trust is looking for volunteers willing to get up early or go out late; its Sunrise/Sunset Survey needs people to…
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Serious concerns for UK soil
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has just released a damning report on UK soil health. The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has just released a damning report on UK soil health. “Some of the most productive agricultural…
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Wildlife figures out – and down
The number of people who never see a hedgehog in their garden now stands at 25%, up 11% since 2014. New data reveals that only 25% of people are seeing hedgehogs in their gardens at least once a month, 13%…
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Glyphosate licence extended for just 18 months
Garden Organic is hailing ‘a victory in the ongoing battle to ban toxic chemicals’ in the long-running dispute over the safety of the herbicide glyphosate, used in the weedkiller Roundup. After three attempts this year to relicense it for a…
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Migrant moths threaten Brassica crops.
Population surges of diamondback moths happen periodically, but the last time such high numbers were recorded was in 1996. Scientists are warning that brassica crops could be devastated by record numbers of moths arriving from mainland Europe. Tens of millions…
