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• Following the Recent Activity on Our Facebook Page Some ...

  

  Action shot of Robin by Jacqui. Following the recent activity on our facebook page some of our readers have submitted a few wildlife snaps. I promised to share... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 GARDENING

• Join in Our Garden Community on Facebook

  

  Action shot of Robin by Jacqui. Following the recent activity on our facebook page some of our readers have submitted a few wildlife snaps. I promised to share... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 GARDENING

• The Odd Splash of Colour Amongst the Green

  

  There’s always a lull in the borders at this time of year when the roses go over and the late summer color is still in the wings. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 GARDENING

• The (Vegetable) Garden’s Gone to Pot

  

  In an attempt to keep the slugs and snails at bay I’ve been planting as much as I can in pots. We are on our 3rd sowing of runner beans on the allotment and... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 GARDENING

• Northern Highlights

  

  This garden is in tune with our logo. Despite the weather outlook garden enthusiasts and agapanthus were out in force at the Tatton Park Flower Show this year. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2012 GARDENING

• A Little Peek at What We Missed

  

  If, like me, you didn’t make it to the Barr Open Gardens and its Fringe Festival last weekend I’m sure you will enjoy these photographs of an installation in th... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2012 GARDENING

• Let’s Get Physical

  

  Nick Bailey, the head gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden, is the moving force behind the new area called The Garden of Edible and Useful Plants. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 GARDENING

• Delectable Delphiniums

  

  I never grow delphiniums – it’s just too depressing seeing the slugs and snails munch them to extinction, no matter what barriers or control methods I use. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 GARDENING

• A Grand Day Out

  

  There are good days – and there are really special days. I’ve just had a really special day at Kew Gardens. It was a day that featured (in different ways)... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 GARDENING

• Contained Pleasures – A Guide to Growing in Pots & Planters

  

  I have to admit I have a serious (terracotta) pot habit. I keep trying to reduce the number I have in the garden – but they are just so useful. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 GARDENING

• For Afficionados of Compost & Leafmould

  

  The garden may not be quite is usual beautiful self with all the wet weather, but the compost and leafmould a looking pretty good. Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2012 GARDENING

• A Hidden Treasure

  

  One of our companions on the trip to the Picos was an extremely fit and eagle-eyed man in his 80s who earned the nickname ‘the springer spaniel’ because he was... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 GARDENING

• Bluer Than the Bluest Sky

  

  Of all the alpine plants that really must be seen in their natural habitat, the gentian is the one that most needs its mountain setting to reveal its peerless... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 GARDENING

• Decumbent Treacle Mustard

  

  No, I haven’t made it up, this is the unlikely name for a bright yellow mountain wallflower Erysimum decumbens, although it sounds more like something that migh... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 GARDENING

• The Prettiest of Carnivorous Plants

  

  Many carnivorous plants look quite sinister, but this certainly isn’t true of the large-flowered Pinguicula, commonly known as the butterwort. This group I saw... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 GARDENING

• Woodwardia Radicans – More Interesting Than It Looks.

  

  When you’ve walked a mile or two up a limestone gorge to see a ‘very special plant’, you are ready to be impressed, so I have to confess that the sight of a... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 GARDENING

• Jo Malone’s New Garden is Blooming Marvellous

  

  Instead of spending a large fortune on a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, Jo Malone has funded the restoration of the now beautiful Old English Garden in... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 GARDENING

• Small Delights

  

  Here’s some of the Best Small Gardens at the Hampton Court Flower Show 2012. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 GARDENING

• Hampton Court’s Budget Conscious Gardens

  

  A new innovation at this year’s RHS Show is the inclusion of gardens that have been created for a fixed budget. Everything, including VAT had to be included in... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 GARDENING

• A Couple of Fine Concepts

  

  The conceptual gardens at the Hampton Court Flower Show are always a mixed bag – the best are challenging, exciting and genuinely innovative. There are two... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 GARDENING