Gardening Tasks for April
April gardening tasks will be carried out in a weather mix of really warm sun, frosts, snow and possibly April […]
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Seasonal: Spring
Gardening Tasks for May
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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A Week in the Life of a Gardener’s Spouse
Inspired by the anonymous poem “a week in the life of a gardener’s spouse” and with my long suffering husband
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6 Rabbit proof plants to thwart the Easter Bunny
Why 6 rabbit proof plants to thwart the Easter Bunny? Because whilst the Easter bunny may bring us chocolate on
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Could You Grow Your Own Soap?
Could you grow your own soap? A fun but practical blog to look at which plants and other garden items
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May Gardens filled with Scented Flowers
In the month of May gardens filled with scented flowers is absolute heaven. Walking out of your back door with
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Growing Lucky Clover in your Garden
Growing lucky clover in your garden – or should that be a lucky shamrock? Let’s first have a go at
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5 Gardening Ideas for May Day
Why five gardening ideas for May Day? Why not seven or ten? There’s a simple reason – May is the
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Pulmonaria – an Underused Garden Gem
As a garden plant, Pulmonaria gives and gives, so I do find it surprising that it isn’t more widely grown
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The First Day of Spring and the Spring Equinox
The spring equinox and the first day of spring are not necessarily describing the same date in the gardener’s year.
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5 Favourite Mothers Day Flowers in your Garden
Mothering Sunday always falls in March, but due to Easter being a moveable feast, finding Mothers Day flowers that are
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Growing Fritillaria in Your Garden
Growing Fritillaria in your garden is looking like it may become something of a new obsession. Well, if I go
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15 Ideas for Garden Visits for Mothers Day
When you’re struggling with Mothers Day gifts for a gardener and wondering whether you can give her yet another pair
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Bluebell Woods
Bluebell woods – close your eyes for a minute and picture the sight and scent of an English bluebell wood
5 Alpine Plants for Easter Gardens
Yet another conversation about the vagaries of the British weather and Easter being at a different time each year led
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Easter Flowers for your Spring Garden
Easter Flowers for your spring garden is a look at some of my favourite spring flowers that are blooming at
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Garden Visits – Mothers Day, Red House Garden, William Morris
Garden Visits – Mothers Day was indeed a Mothering Sunday visit to William Morris’s Red House and garden, in Bexley,
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Gardening Gifts for Mothers Day
Gardening Gifts for Mothers Day – an iminent crisis? Don’t panic! “Okay, people, is your Mother in the same room?
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Camellias – Cornish Gardens in the Spring
Cornish Gardens are a delight at all times of the year. The gentle climate, particularly in the southern coastal areas, enables
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Easter Lilies
Easter lilies, Lilium longiflorum, are a traditional Easter flower. Their white trumpet flowers give out a heady scent that you either
Daffodils for St Davids Day
Daffodils for St Davids Day because daffodils are one of the Welsh national emblems. Daffodils, also commonly known by their botanical
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Flora, April Showers and May Day in the Garden
Will Flora be visiting your garden this May Day? Her spring festival and ones like it have been an opportunity
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Spring Wedding Flowers
Wedding planning and garden planning: floral display ideas for spring wedding flowers that won’t ruin the budget. One of the
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Hens and Chocolate Eggs – Easter in the Garden
Hens, Chocolate Eggs, Chocolate Flowers… Easter weekend is traditionally the start of the gardening season, but for many people its
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The Carpet in your Garden – Spring Lawn Tasks
The emerald carpet in your garden – the great British lawn. St Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland, the country
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Spring Cleaning Tips – Grow your own Soap?
Feeling overwhelmed with spring cleaning tasks? Why not take some time out to relax with Plews, read how soap can
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May Day and Mayday
“Mayday, mayday, mayday” you probably recognise the call as being an internationally recognised distress call; but did you know that
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February half term Garden Fun in the Greenhouse
Not many of us can aspire to a greenhouse of a style like those at Kew Gardens. Those are serious
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