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The Strictly Come Gardening event is going from strength to strength, with virtually every school in and around Haywards Heath, as well as Age UK, Haywards Heath Sure Start scheme and countless community groups keen to take part next year.
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The organisation has been distributing saplings from parent trees that have survived the wave of Dutch Elm disease that has wiped out 25 million trees in the UK. Part of a long-term experiment to see why these particular trees have survived, the school …
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An eight-strong squad from the UK Border Agency, based in Portishead, swapped their desks and laptops for spades and rakes to visit Nailsea's Scotch Horn Centre. Their mission was to get stuck in to a big overgrown garden at the centre, working …
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So says TV gardener David Domoney, who is mentoring students from six UK horticultural colleges as they create gardens with a sustainability theme as part of the Ideal Young Gardener of the Year competition, in association with the Prince's Foundation.
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… that you cannot move your traditional fairy lights on to a tree which is already in the garden. There are many good options: the Telegraph Garden Shop has a string of 100 solar-powered LED lights for £19.99 (0844 873 0789; gardenshop.telegraph.co.uk).
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I have gardened organically for 20 years, feeding the birds and encouraging other wildlife to visit the garden. I therefore will not let my husband, who is in charge of the grass, use any treatments on it. The lawn now looks awful, absolutely full of …
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Everyone should make room for holly in their garden says Monty. Holly provides perhaps the deepest shade of all British trees and this can lead people to think that it will grow in shady, dry conditions. But in fact it does best in a sunny site in rich …
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Being physically fit reduces the risk of dying by two-thirds compared with couch potatoes who are taking the cholesterol reducing drugs.
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At the moment we would need to chain an ethnobotanist to the loquat tree to ensure that anyone walking past could be enthused by the motley collection of plants in the garden. But these plants are exciting and interesting. Their journey to England …
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In The Roots Of My Obsession (Timber Press, £9.99), 30 gardeners explain why they're so passionate about plants and gardens. With contributions from well-known British names – including Roy Lancaster, Anna Pavord and Penelope Hobhouse – and some …
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Finally, for quirkier horticulturalists, try the Organic Gardening Catalogue's garlic Vallelado, one specially adapted for our conditions (£4.45, organic catalogue.com). Or send them on a course: the RHS (rhs.org.uk/courses) has Grow Strawberries for …
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But I visited an allotment in Tottenham last month that opens as part of the National Garden Scheme (ngs.org.uk; search for “94 Marsh Lane”) and found, among many other treasures, a persimmon covered in fruit. Even without fruit, the glossy leaves are …
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Undated Handout Photo of Enamel Herb Pots In A Tray, �14.95, Burgon & Ball. See PA Feature GARDENING Gardening Column. Picture credit should read: PA Photo/Handout. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature …
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If you're planning to head out into the garden this winter, the right gear can make the soggiest jobs easier to handle. We've teamed up with Swedish company Blåkläder to offer you the chance to win clothing, gloves and boots worth more than £300.
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Crops have been grown this term from free seeds and classroom kits sent out by the British Salad Leaf Growers Association. Our winners are:-. Nelmes Primary School, Hornchurch, Essex *. President Kennedy School, Coventry. Ryton Park School, Worksop, …
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