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The annual Holker Garden Festival in Cumbria took place on 3rd - 5th June 2011 and as usual wowed visitors with award winning garden designs, grower's displays and floral arrangements. All the regular features of the show, such as the horticultural marquee, show gardens and trade stands were joined … [Read more...]
Print This PostIt's all change at Gardener's World 2011, but the new faces will be familiar.Toby Buckland will be replaced at the helm by his predecessor Monty Don, who had to step down a couple of years ago, due to illness. Alys Fowler will be replaced by Rachel De Thame.Carol Klein and Joe Swift will … [Read more...]
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Warm summer weather greeted the thousands of visitors to the eighteenth Holker Garden FestivalBy 10.00am, on Saturday the car parks were filling rapidly and reports were of higher than average attendance figures.Final figures for the three days indicated that over 26,000 people attended … [Read more...]
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Growing your veg from plug plants can have many benefits and over the last couple of years, the range offered has increased greatly.One of the hardest parts of growing your own is the tricky seed growing stage when plants are subject to damping off or destroyed by slugs and snails. Using pre … [Read more...]
Gardening For Health regularly give presentations at events and gardening clubs and the diary for … [Read More...]
The gardeners of the Southend Huntington’s Disease branch allotment have been chosen as the … [Read More...]
Perhaps the last thing a gardener needs is more snails, but these culinary delights are setting the … [Read More...]
For those who follow or are interested in the biodynamic planting method, check out the lunar … [Read More...]
Gardening Shows & Events
There are some fantastic garden shows lined up for 2010. From the Internationally famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show and BBC Gardeners World Live to local and village events. … [Read more...]