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The Magic of Maples
Create a focal point in your outside space with Japanese maple. Create a focal point in your outside space with Japanese maple. It’s the perfect choice of tree for any small, compact or courtyard garden, and the Horticultural Trades Association’s…
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Volunteer for Wildlife
Do Something great for nature with BBC Springwatch. The BBC Springwatch Do Something Great campaign is aiming to get as many people as possible volunteering and helping nature and wildlife this spring. From litter picking and beach cleans to planting…
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Breeding Wildness Back
Are tomatoes too well-bred for their own good? A new study led by scientists at Newcastle University has found that tomatoes are getting too well-bred for their own good. The study, published in Agronomy for Sustainable Development, shows that in our…
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Spring spectacular at beautiful Batsford Arboretum
Batsford Arboretum is living proof it’s not just for autumn – it’s in the spring the wild garden really comes into its own. The Fuji cherries – a mountain variety of Japanese cherry – kick-start the blossom displays from late…
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Seasonal Double Take at Scotland’s Gardens
Lack of frost has meant Scotland’s gardens are off to a blooming start this Spring. Mild winter conditions and a lack of frost has seen gardens across Scotland bursting into bloom earlier than expected to welcome visitors with stunning displays…
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Swifts are the best tenants you can hope for
But despite being low maintenance guests, their summer accommodation is under threat. If you are going to have company for the whole of the summer, you couldn’t get better house guests than swifts, who will be arriving soon for their…
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The Kelsae Makes a Comeback!
Onion the Kelsae makes a comeback as young plants from D.T Brown For long a favourite with many exhibitors and other keen vegetable growers, Onion The Kelsae was virtually eradicated when the seed crop was wiped out by a freak…
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Ornamental Onion: Flower Bulb Of The Year
Did you know that onions aren’t just good to eat but that the ornamental ones are pretty as well? The large onion family has established itself not only in the kitchen. Some of them – the ornamental onions – are…
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Growathon Under Starter’s Orders
New initiative aims to get young Londoners growing A new initiative has been launched by the Food Growing Schools: London partnership with the aim of encouraging 10,000 London students to grow their own food this year. The new Growathon website…
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15-year offers from Plants With Purpose
Plants with Purpose, which specialises in unusual edibles and forest garden plants, is celebrating 15 years of growing Plants with Purpose, which specialises in unusual edibles and forest garden plants, is celebrating 15 years of growing. Its 2016 catalogue is…
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Grow Heathrow Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
The squatted community garden in Sipson, West London celebrates it’s sixth anniversary over the weekend of March 4-6 Grow Heathrow, the squatted community garden in Sipson, West London, which occupies land threatened by plans for a third airport runway, was…
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Keep Nest Boxes Simple
Wildlife charity warns against novelty nest boxes for garden birds If you’re planning to put up a nest box in time for the bird breeding season, the RSPB has a message for you: please keep it simple. A basic wooden…
