Work will start this October on The Thrive Battersea Garden Project to provide a new building and gardens. The facilities at Thrive's main garden in Battersea Park, London are no longer fit for …
Caithness flowers for bees
Wild flowers have been sown at Caithness farms to attract bees. A recent BBC article highlights the work being carried out in Scotland to help boost numbers of the rare great yellow …
Support the RHS school gardening campaign
A new report by the Royal Horticultural Society says "school gardening boosts child development; teaches life skills and makes kids healthier and happier." An RHS website, supported by Waitrose has …
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Contaminated compost still killing plants
In 2008, Garden Organic reported a flood of queries from allotment holders and gardeners whose crops were showing unusual symptoms. The cause turned out to be manure contaminated with the very …
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Defra launches green thinking strategy
According to an article in Horticulture Week, Environment secretary Caroline Spelman met prime minister David Cameron to launch a Structural Reform Plan which the Government claimed puts "green …
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