Jill, Alistair & the Greenhouse Team had another very successful plant sale on 12-13 May. Thank you to everyone who helped with setting up, selling and tidying up afterwards and to everyone who shopped. So successful was the sale, that we completely sold out of most varieties of cucumbers, courgettes and squash, plus spinach, leeks, […]
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The RHS has just published a report called “Gardening in a Changing Climate”, in which it brings together the latest scientific evidence and sets out the likely implications for gardeners. Climate change is already happening, affecting weather patterns around the globe. 2016 was the hottest year on record – the second and third hottest were
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I wouldn’t normally bother but there is a story behind these pictures – old boyfriend took a leaf from a camellia at my parents’ house and managed to root it/gave it to me and I have been looking after it for what seems years when suddenly this year FLOWERS. Hope it will now continue to grow apace!
The RHS offered an evening opening of the Vincent Square Spring Plant and Orchid Show (in addition to the two normal days) and, as this suited me and as the price was the same – £5.00 for everyone again, I went along. As well as normal plant displays and plants for sale, they had set up long tables
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Butterflies in Britain’s towns and cities are having a very hard time – but we gardeners and allotment holders can make a difference. Butterfly Conservation, the University of Kent and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology published a paper last week which showed that butterflies are doing worse in towns and cities than in the
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