Lovely lavender

10:40am Friday 18th July 2008

If you’ve got the time to look after it properly, lavender is one of the most versatile garden plants

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Moonshine magic

9:30am Friday 4th July 2008

Moon gardening is increasingly popular.

To boldly go...

9:13am Friday 27th June 2008

Old flower pots can look drab and dreary, but why not give them a squirt of spray paint to help set off the beautiful colours of the plants they hold? FOR the past 11 months I have walked past various piles of plastic terracotta pots that have been neatly stacked away underneath propagating tables in one of the greenhouses.

Scented beauties

8:39am Friday 20th June 2008

Gardens are made all the more pleasurable when they’re filled with floral perfume.

People in glasshouses

9:39am Friday 13th June 2008

One good turn deserves another...

Slugging it out

9:15am Friday 6th June 2008

Watch out! Conditions are perfect for slugs to drag their slimy little bellies over to a leafy lunch MY vegetable tunnel is coming along nicely now. It has taken a while to get going as the cold snap a fortnight ago put everything on hold for a bit: some of the tomatoes kicked the bucket and all of the courgettes and pumpkins lost their leaves to the frost. Happily, they have now re-grown a new cloak of foliage and are romping away through the forest of sweetcorn.

Make your own meadow

10:16am Friday 30th May 2008

Wild meadows are beautiful and attract a lot of wildlife.

Starr of the show

9:25am Friday 23rd May 2008

An invitation to visit the Chelsea Flower Show is always special, especially on Press day when celebs as well as gardens vie for the attention of the media

Emerging into the tunnel

8:44am Friday 16th May 2008

Plants that have been protected from the winters icy blasts can now be moved to a new home THE work pace at the garden centre has really picked up this week. It is really only to be expected at this time of year, but the sudden change in the weather from deep midwinter to high summer precipitated and exaggerated the rush to buy garden plants.

Gardeners' rich rewards

12:24pm Friday 9th May 2008

Gardenersf pay might be a pittance, but the job has other rich rewards such as working in beautiful natural surroundings

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