Common hawthorn, May Blossom, also known as May tree and Quickthorn. This is a native species in the British Isles, Ireland […]
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We are having lovely weather (mostly) so let’s enjoy the last month of spring in our gardens. And there are
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Tips for dog friendly gardens is about easily creating a garden that is also a garden you and your family
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Tulip-o-mania, or tulpenmanie in Dutch, both made and lost fortunes in the seventeenth century. Tulips are still one of the most
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Growing Fritillaria in your garden is looking like it may become something of a new obsession. Well, if I go
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April gardening tasks will be carried out in a weather mix of really warm sun, frosts, snow and possibly April
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I have seen many articles on rockery plants but not (as yet) any specifically aimed at choosing flowering rockery plants
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The question “What is a Vegan Garden?” is one which I am asked as a Gardening Teacher and sometimes in
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Is it possible to grow your own Coffee? Well, yes, it is! Even in the UK, if you have a
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No two gardens are the same. No two days are the same in one garden (Hugh Johnson) And that is
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Choosing your greenhouse involves considering a range of factors, some of which we looked at in a previous blog, Planning
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Planning your perfect greenhouse is not about quick decision making, but about getting the right greenhouse for you, your garden,
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This blog on romantic roses is less about madly spending on Valentine’s Day than being inspired to create a garden
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Never mind about gardening tasks for February! Think about Snowdrops, Daffodils and Hellebores and flowering winter shrubs – far more fun
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Did you perhaps make New Year’s Resolutions and now we’re at the end of January you’re struggling with keeping them
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Chimonanthus praecox is a shrub that you hardly notice during the summer. Except perhaps as a leafy green backdrop to
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Gooseberry crumble, blueberries sprinkled over your breakfast granola – bare root fruit bushes are the promise of treats to come!
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As we begin a new gardening year, many of us are still recovering from holiday and visitor mode, hardly ready to
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12 Plants for the 12 Days of Christmas is a seasonal blog with planting ideas for a themed garden with
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Whilst I’m talking here about the Winter Solstice and your garden, it’s helpful to clarify that I’m referring to the
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Botanical Latin scholars among you may be aware why the flowering bulb we have in our houses at Christmas is
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Some gardeners have been picking Chrysanthemums and Dahlias for the house until this last week or so. But strong winds,
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Christmas wreaths history, well a brief history anyway, as when you start to look into the various religious and pagan
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Garden sheds take on many guises and have come a long way from being a purely practical structure for storing
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Celebrating Trees is about taking time to appreciate and wonder at trees. Consider this: they are the longest living organisms
We’ve had a mild autumn in the UK so far, with a few days of Indian Summer – when it
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Ruby Wedding Anniversary plants and flowers is a gardening inspiration blog for Ruby Celebrations. You may need help to choose
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Growing Spider Plants is one of the ways many of us begin our gardening life. As a familiar houseplant, the
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Mid autumn gardening tips has easy tasks and ideas that will give you a better looking garden now and come
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Early October gardens still have a feeling of lushness about them that slowly changes as the daylight hours shorten. We
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Have you ever bought more plants than you meant to at the nursery, garden centre or when visiting a plant
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Is Ivy Weed or Wildlife Habitat? It’s a good question. Although I get asked about ivy whichever ‘hat’ I’m wearing,
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