Whilst gardener's spend their winter days watching repeats on various lifestyle channels, filming of the new programmes are well under way for the 2012 season. There will be plenty of hints and tips from the professionals aimed at helping us get the best from our gardens. Gardener's World will … [Read more...]
RHS issue fruit crop warning
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January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The lack of a cold winter could damage fruit yields later in the year, warn The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The society is concerned that this year’s mild winter may lead to smaller fruit crops this autumn with a subsequent rise in prices. Most hardy fruit plants need a period of … [Read more...]
January at Kew – Talk by Highgrove Head Gardener
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January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Amongst the events happening at Kew this January will be a talk by Debs Goodenough, Head Garderner at Highgrove. The talk will be held on Thursday 26 January 2012, 7pm at the Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Kew Gardens Join Debs as she takes us on a journey through the garden's past three decades, … [Read more...]
High rise greenhouses proposed
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December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Professor Dickson Despommier worked with his students at Columbia University to come up with an innovative way to make cities more sustainable. They came up with the vertical farm — a skyscraper of greenhouses. Living on Earth's Steve Curwood talks with Despommier about how vertical farms … [Read more...]
Lucy Smith, new RHS schools gardening advisor
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December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Lucy Smith has been appointed the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) new School Gardening Advisor for the North West, to help thousands of children across the region get into gardening. A former student of Kew, Lucy will be one of five regional advisors for the RHS Campaign for School … [Read more...]
