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• Three men went to mow... RHS Chelsea Flower Show!

  Created: Wednesday, 26 May 2010 00:00

  Three men went to mow ... and visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show! View this fantastic video of our wonderful three designers - erm most definitely up to no good, behind the scenes of the very prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show.Three men went to mow ....

• Growing their way to one meal a day

  Created: Saturday, 22 May 2010 14:04

  Ensuring that the children at 60 schools for Burmese refugees in Western Thailand have one decent meal a day is a challenge for UK-based charity Thai Children’s Trust. One of their innovative schemes is to support Burmese refugee children to build their...

• Give children a space to grow

  Created: Saturday, 22 May 2010 13:53

  Research commissioned by the National Trust has hit upon what might be the perfect way to get children to eat more fruit and vegetables – let them grow it themselves.The findings revealed that 72% of children in the UK would like their own space to grow...

• Competition to design new Knot Garden

  Created: Saturday, 22 May 2010 13:49

  Building preservation charity, the Landmark Trust, has launched a competition to design a new knot garden for the medieval site of Astley Castle, near Nuneaton in Warwickshire.  The Trust is currently restoring the castle and wishes to create a new knot ...

• Green Corners winners go through to final

  Created: Saturday, 22 May 2010 13:41

  The Conservation Foundation has announced the April winners of London’s Green Corners Awards who will go through to the final judging in the spring of 2011. The winners, all Londoners who have made the capital a brighter, greener and healthier place to ...

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010 - SOLD OUT!

  Created: Saturday, 15 May 2010 14:32

  Tickets to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (25-29 May) sponsored by M&G Investments have sold out. Last year tickets sold out two days before the show opened, this year it has sold out eleven days before the first open day for RHS members on Tuesday 25...

• Celebrate the diversity of Trees

  Created: Saturday, 15 May 2010 14:00

  The National Arboretum at Westonbirt will be hosting a Festival of the Tree over the week commencing 23rd August to 30th August 2010.  Westonbirt, which is managed by the Forestry Commission, will welcome 12 talented sculptors and host over 130 craftspeo...

• Inspirational Gardens set to inspire Open Squares Weekend

  Created: Saturday, 15 May 2010 13:50

  London Parks & Gardens Trust is once again offering the opportunity to visit more than 210 private gardens and squares as part of the Open Garden Squares Weekend, which takes place on June 12th and 13th 2010. Visitors from all over London and far bey...

• Orchid Weekend at Pensthorpe

  Created: Saturday, 15 May 2010 13:27

  Orchid lovers can share tips and advice with three orchid experts at the special Orchid Weekend being organised at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th June 2010. Ray Creek, from Creek Orchids, Jeff Hutchins of Laneside Hardy Orchid...

• Tulips take hot hold in Quarry Bank Garden

  Created: Saturday, 15 May 2010 13:06

  Spring has finally and truly sprung in the 18th century garden at Cheshire’s Quarry Bank Mill. The Mill’s Head Gardener, Alan Knapper, tells Reckless Gardener that the garden looks absolutely fantastic at the moment and is urging us all to go along an...

• Applications open for leading Garden Design course

  Created: Sunday, 09 May 2010 18:08

  The Postgraduate level Diploma in Residential Garden Design offered by the Oxford College of Garden Design, is regarded as one of the leading garden design courses in the world. Held at St Hugh's College, Oxford – set in 14 acres of beautiful landscape...

• Westonbirt tricks rare Rhododendrons into reproducing

  Created: Saturday, 08 May 2010 15:50

  When it comes to tricks staff at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, know a thing or two. They have, for the first time, used a method of growing new plants from some of the collection's oldest and rarest rhododendrons, which has tricked the plants into g...

• Nation’s greatest ideas for biodiversity feature at RHS Chelsea

  Created: Saturday, 08 May 2010 15:35

  The RHS is calling on the nation to share ideas to support biodiversity in the garden at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show (sponsored by M&G Investments) which runs from 25th to 29th May, 2010. The 50 ideas will feature on the RHS Tree of Knowledge,...