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• National Gardens Scheme - Clifton Nurseries

  Created: Tuesday, 30 March 2010 18:23

  'Get the look' at Clifton Nurseries - A step by step guide to recreating featured gardens.Clifton Nurseries, the co-hosts of this year's launch for the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) in London,  is creating a new 'Get the Look' guide around three of the f...

• Chenies Manor House wins Garden of the Year award

  Created: Tuesday, 30 March 2010 08:16

  The much loved gardens of Chenies Manor House in Buckinghamshire have won the 2009 Garden of the Year award sponsored by the Historic Houses Association and Christie's. This prestigious national award, now in its twenty-sixth year, is designed to recog...

• Cookie Launches Urban Gardener Barter Food Exchange

  Created: Tuesday, 30 March 2010 07:51

  Cookie, the much-talked about eatery, deli and shop in Glasgow’s southside, is heralding the arrival of spring by appealing to gardeners and allotment growers to use their green fingers to grow produce for the business or share their excess production...

• A bag of apples and some compost tips, please!

  Created: Friday, 26 March 2010 12:29

  Market traders up and down the country are backing a drive to get Britain composting. The partnership between Recycle Now and the National Market Traders' Federation, will see traders offering green tips to their customers along with their purchases to en...

• New Thrive initiative launches

  Created: Friday, 26 March 2010 12:21

  Reading-based gardening charity Thrive will be launching their latest campaign -  'Plant a Difference' - at their great free food and plant festival on Saturday 10 April.The Plant a Difference campaign is an initiative to raise funds for and awareness of...

• RHS Britain in Bloom 2010 launches with mass greening

  Created: Friday, 26 March 2010 12:14

  The equivalent of 115 Hyde Parks will be planted up over 48-hours to mark the start of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom year – as over 5,000 volunteers create a ‘river of green’ across the country to boost biodiversity and protec...

• Take the One Pot Pledge®

  Created: Friday, 26 March 2010 11:55

  Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity, is seeking 30,000 people across the UK to pledge to grow their own fruit and veg for the very first time. Despite the surge in interest in 'grow your own' many people are put off because they think...

• Future generation of designers to shine during May

  Created: Friday, 26 March 2010 11:40

  The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is giving young budding gardeners the opportunity to have their designs judged by RHS gardeners and the general public during the May half term (29th May to 6th June).As part of National Family Week (31st May to 6th J...

• Enjoy the breath-taking beauty of wildflower meadows

  Created: Friday, 26 March 2010 10:46

  The spring issue of Nature World - The Wildlife Trusts' members' magazine, contains a definitive guide to reserves where you can take in the splendour of our native wildflowers. After a bitter winter across the UK in 2010 most of us are eagerly anticipati...

• Rally ace drives recycling firm forward!

  Created: Wednesday, 24 March 2010 13:01

  A RALLY star has swapped 'burning rubber' for a greener solution – turning his car tyres into chippings for playgrounds and gardens. Marty McCormack is lending his support to Re-Bound, which recycles old car tyres to create environmentally-friendly g...

• Chris wins gold in New Zealand

  Created: Friday, 19 March 2010 21:45

  Award winning garden designer Chris Beardshaw struck Gold with his garden at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch, N.Z. Chris won a Gold Medal and the People’s Choice Award for his 'Englishman’s Retreat' and was one of only three d...

• Contemporary grass garden opens to public for first time

  Created: Friday, 19 March 2010 21:19

  John has been keen to incorporate several key components into Farrs, a contemporary grass garden - structurally he wanted to include a bridge, shady terrace and a retreat. To these he added water and grasses making a circular route through the whole garde...

• Full Bloom festival coming to an orchard near you

  Created: Friday, 19 March 2010 20:36

  From pastel pink to pure white, the flowering of blossom on fruit trees is one of the quintessential sights of spring. To celebrate this magical time of the year the first ever Full Bloom festival will sweep across the country celebrating the beauty of b...

• Grow Asparagus this year!

  Created: Friday, 19 March 2010 19:37

  Passionate gardeners looking for a little adventure and fond of eating asparagus need to know that April is the time to plant your asparagus crowns ... and now is the time to prepare. British Asparagus have put together a brilliant 'grow your own guide' ...

• Roam Gardens of Ocklynge Manor - but for one day only!

  Created: Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:20

  The former home of children's illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell and now a 5-star luxury B&B in the seaside resort of Eastbourne, Ocklynge Manor is opening its gardens to the public for the first time later this year as part of the National Gardens Sch...

• Help your garden spring to life

  Created: Tuesday, 09 March 2010 12:37

  - School competition to encourage wildlife friendly gardening and Natural England' Big Wildlife Garden website gives a helping hand for wildlife this spring.- With the welcome sights and sounds of spring tentatively emerging, now is the ideal time to ...

• Exciting garden and food courses at West Dean

  Created: Saturday, 06 March 2010 20:06

  In response to the increasing popularity of 'grow your own' fruit and vegetables, West Dean College, is for the first time, offering a new range of one-day food courses. Food at West Dean will include a mixture of talks, demonstrations, feasting and oppor...

• RHS asks businesses to sign up to 'Fruit and Veg Pledge'

  Created: Saturday, 06 March 2010 19:30

  Struggling to maintain a good work-life balance is not easy and this problem has prompted the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to take their message to 'Grow your own' to big businesses in a campaign to ask them to support their staff to 'grow at work'.A...

• Knoll’s new masterclasses in Naturalistic Gardening

  Created: Friday, 05 March 2010 07:29

  Knoll Gardens, one of Britain’s leading suppliers of ornamental grasses, has announced it is building on its successful events programme in 2010 with new masterclasses in Naturalistic Gardening.Knoll's owner, Neil Lucas, will be offering the Masterclass...

• Historical steps in Cannon Hill Park

  Created: Thursday, 04 March 2010 11:47

  To mark the re-opening of Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park is offering the public a chance to immerse themselves in a weekend of history and discovery with two special events, 'A Voice in the Park' and 'Forward into History' March 6-7.Starting from ...