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The cow’s digestive system could revolutionise renewable energy
Scientists look at the way relatively unknown fungi works inside the guts of herbivores in hopes of revolutionising biomass technology. Professor Theodorou, leader of the Agricultural Centre of Sustainable Energy Systems (ACSES) at Harper Adams University, is among the group…
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Green fingers at the ready
Are you proud of your garden and what you grow in it? Then enter the North Lincolnshire garden competition for your chance to win £100 The competition is split into seven categories: • Best large garden (over 100 square metres) • Best…
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BLUEBELL WALKS AT RODE HALL
Experience one of the finest Bluebell Walks in the North West at Rode Hall and Gardens in Cheshire New for 2016, visitors can enjoy Rode’s carpets of ancient bluebells even more extensively due to the recent discovery and restoration of an…
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Carbon gold studies show enriched biochar suppresses ash dieback
Tree care products produced by Carbon Gold have been found to suppress ash dieback in a recent study featured on the BBC’s Countryfile. The research featured on the BBC’s best-loved programme reveals that ash dieback could be more effectively managed…
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Gardeners’ Question Time at The Edible Garden Show
BBC Radio 4’s GQT is to be broadcast from The Edible Garden Show and members of the public can apply for free tickets to be in the audience! Gardeners’ Question Time (GQT) will be recorded on the Saturday of The…
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Garden Re-Leaf Day
Greenfingers Charity has designated Friday, March 18 March as Garden Re-Leaf day. On that day and during the weekend that follows garden centres and garden retailers around the country will be showing off the best of their plants and gardening…
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Who says children don’t eat their greens?
Last chance to enter UK’s Young Pea Chef of the Year 2016 Following the announcement this week that a quarter of children in England are now eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day*, the Young Pea Chef of…
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National Trust puts cider apples at its core
An important collection of cider apples, with almost 300 varieties, has been given to the National Trust to help secure its future… Slack-ma-Girdle, Netherton Late Blower and Billy Down Pippin are just three of the apple varieties in the ‘National…
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Over 100 gardens set to Embrace Snowdrop Festival
The National Gardens Scheme is excited to invite members of the public to enjoy its first ever Snowdrop Festival in February 2016. The Festival will see more than one hundred gardens open across England and Wales through the month of…
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Exciting year ahead for Hampton Court Palace’s royal gardens
In 2016 Hampton Court Palace’s gardens are set to take centre stage in a year-long special programme They are some of Britain’s best-loved gardens – home to a world-famous maze, a record-breaking grape vine, around 8,000 trees, and 650 acres…
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Gardening for the senses at Naomi House
Following a major refurbishment, the children and their families at Naomi House hospice in Hampshire now have a new garden Numerous studies show that having access to outdoor spaces, gardens and plants provide numerous health benefits, not least their ability…
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London Farms and Garden Show
More than 20 London charities took in the 17th annual London Farms and Gardens Show on September 19. Feedback on the standard of exhibits from judges, who included staff from the Chelsea Physic Garden and Duchy College, was excellent. To…
