Our plant of the month for June is Pimpinella Major Rosea; a perennial plant for the herbaceous border. The delicate umbels of pink flowers are very similar to wild cow parsley and provide graceful …
Holker Garden Festival 2010
Warm summer weather greeted the thousands of visitors to the eighteenth Holker Garden Festival By 10.00am, on Saturday the car parks were filling rapidly and reports were of higher than average …
Bee part of it with the BBC
England will be a hive of activity this summer as BBC Local Radio joins forces with the National Trust for a major national campaign, launching on Monday 17 May, supported by Springwatch presenter …
Beekeeping Courses
Keeping bees requires a certain level of knowledge and skill. There are many courses designed with the beekeeping beginner in mind. Beekeeping course at Tiger Hall This weekend course in Shropshire …
Keeping Honey Bees
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 …
Booths Schools Competition
Booths has launched a Grow Your Own competition for local schools that will give pupils the chance to sell their home grown produce in one of its stores. For the first time, the winner of the …