COVID-19
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AMAFFI Perfume House’s scented garden gift to NHS staff
AMAFFI Perfume House has gifted an exquisite scented garden to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as a lasting thank you to NHS staff International luxury fragrance brand AMAFFI Perfume House has gifted an exquisite scented garden to the Chelsea and…
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Wellbeing talks go online for Mental Health Awareness Week
A new series of free wellbeing webinars has been launched to mark Mental Health Awareness Week (18th to 24th May). The online talks are hosted by Ellen Mary, an expert in wellbeing and in particular how nature and gardening can…
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Terry Walton hosts Q&A at the Virtual Village Hall
TV and radio gardening guru Terry Walton to host live-stream question and answer session Terry has been a keen gardener and allotment grower since childhood and broadcasts regularly from his allotment in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. Like many people,…
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Experience dawn with live music as daylight sweeps across the UK
Public asked to sign up to greet the dawn together on 16 May as part of National Trust campaign to connect people with nature The National Trust has teamed up with artists’ group non zero one, composer James Bulley, and…
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Grow Some Sunshine’ To Support Our NHS Heroes.
Grow beautiful sunflowers to show your appreciation of hard working NHS staff during the current crisis In these uncertain times, there is one thing which we can always be sure of, NHS and other frontline workers will go above and…
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National Beanpole Week 2020
In these troubling times, there has never been a greater need to make use of our outdoor space and create something positive Gardeners and coppice workers nationwide are getting ready for National Beanpole Week – despite the pressures coronavirus is…
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OUR FARMS NEED YOU! JOIN THE LAND ARMY, FEED THE NATION
A new initiative seeks to link farms in desperate need of workers to harvest and plant crops with those looking for employment Already, amid the current COVID-19 crisis, food availability is adapting as wholesalers move their operating focus from restaurants…
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Covid-19 thwarts NGS garden visits
Plans by the National Garden Scheme to launch the 2020 garden visiting season with 585 new gardens have been put on hold Plans by the National Garden Scheme to launch the 2020 garden visiting season with 585 new gardens and…
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RSPB’s Breakfast Birdwatch
Something to get your day started….the kids might enjoy it too The RSPB has begun a daily Breakfast Birdwatch, taking place between 8-9am weekdays, at a time when many of us would have been commuting to work, doing the school…
