Abi and Tom’s Garden Plants Steal the Show

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Abi & Tom's Garden Plants at Holker 2011

In the centre of the Holker Garden Festival horticultural marquee, is a stunning naturalistic display of plants from Abi & Toms Garden Plants of Halecat.  Unsurprisingly, this creation won no less than three awards.We spoke to Tom Attwood, partner at Abi & Tom's Garden Plants about … [Read more...]



Garden weather in Carlisle, Cumbria

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Is today a good day to get into the garden?

As every gardener knows keeping an eye on the weather is essential to ensure good crops, fantastic flowers and limited losses due to frost or wind. To help we have installed a weather station which beams back the latest weather conditions every few minutes.   … [Read more...]



Plant of the month – Winter Flowering Honeysuckle

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Winter flowering honeysuckle closeup

Winter flowering honeysuckle is a great shrub for the border.Delicate creamy flowers with a wonderful perfume, are born in clusters on bare stems from January to March.Excellent as a border shrub or hedging plant, winter flowering honeysuckle will reach a  Height: 2m (78"). Spread: 2.5m … [Read more...]



Keeping Honey Bees

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A garden cannot thrive without bees and bees increasingly need gardens in order to survive.Beekeeping has seen a sudden surge in popularity, probably due to press exposure over the last year or two about the plight of Britain's honey bees.The British Bee Keeping Association has seen a 25% … [Read more...]



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