Grow your own edible snails

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Grow your own Escargot

Perhaps the last thing a gardener needs is more snails, but these culinary delights are setting the latest trend for the British smallholder.Demand for edible home grown molluscs is no longer moving at a ‘snail’s pace’.Popularity for Escargot has gathered speed as more people try … [Read more...]



June Crisfield Chapman exhibition at Bowes

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Echinopsis - June Crisfield Chapman

June Crisfield Chapman, known for her engravings of plants in The Countryman magazine, will be the focus of a new exhibition at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle.June follows two main themes in her engravings: plant forms and characters from literature and the theatre.She finds … [Read more...]



The sap is rising!

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January daffodil

As we enter the middle of January, the days are already notably lengthening and brighter.The mild. wet winter is encouraging all growing things into bud early and we have been sent a picture from Gary in Lancaster whose daffodils started to bloom on new year's day.Perhaps this could be … [Read more...]



Free Trees for Schools to Celebrate Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

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Trees for the Diamond Jubilee

Between 10th January and 29th February 2012, schools registered to the RHS Campaign for School Gardening can order a set of bare-root 40–60cm tree saplings for just £5.95 postage and packaging.The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has joined forces with online nursery Trees & Hedging to … [Read more...]



RHS announces £27m investment programme

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The five year plan will cost £27m

A record £27m is to be raised by The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to fund a five year investment and modernisation programme.The charity hope the money will enable it to involve, educate and inspire millions more gardeners throughout the country.The campaign is made possible by … [Read more...]



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