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Websites: — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — RBGE — Glasgow …
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Schools across the UK will be creating recipes and baking cakes using produce they've grown to celebrate the RHS Campaign for School Gardening's birthday …
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The foliage is very attractive and adds to a jungle effect within the tropical borders; a few good varieties are 'Hedychium gardnerianum' and 'Hedychium coccineum' they have spectacular flowers with a lovely strong scent. The Ginger Lilies are native …
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At the Bonchurch Inn, it has done just that and has rewarded the owner, gardener who planted it and visitors to the pub's courtyard garden with blooms and hands of fruit, which, sadly, are nice to look at but inedible. Basjoo is frost-tolerant but to …
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A parcel of land came up for sale just outside Penzance in Cornwall and Neil Armstrong, who practices as a GP in the town, bought it. Armstrong doesn't live on the land, or ever wish to, and yet every weekend for the past 15 years he's come on his own …
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Gardeners' Question Time was first broadcast on April 9, 1947, from the 'singing room' at Ashton's Broadoak Hotel and is returning there for a special …
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If there aren't any sites then councils are required to take into consideration any request made by six registered council tax payers,” explains Mike Thurlow, gardening expert with the National Allotment Society (nsalg.org.uk). You could also consider …
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Cherry Orchard Gardening Service, which enables local disabled people to maintain the gardens of elderly residents, is the latest winner in the Big Society …
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Electric dreamer | Gardening | – Alan Titchmarsh gardening and food growing tips .
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Posted 14 September 2012. Stewart Group, which manufactures and distributes gardening products, catering supplies and homewares, has completed the development of its new facility at Banbury, the UK . Gardening broadcaster Pippa Greenwood formally …
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The lawn is the central element of the British garden. If the borders are where we let colours run riot, the lawn is where we demonstrate our mastery of nature: a meticulously controlled patch of grass, calm and comforting. In some ways mowing the lawn …
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CSV Make a Difference Day co-ordinator Mary Makoni said: “Gardeners of all ages and abilities are being called on to share their skills as part of CSV's Make a Difference Day. “Planting trees, shrubs … To register for the event go to www.csv.org.uk …
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favourite gardens wisley All my favourite European gardens From there, we travel 36 kilometres southwest of London and pop into Wisley, the Royal Horticultural Society's flagship garden, the place where avid U.K. gardeners go to get great design ideas …
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IT'S A fair bet that if you're a keen gardener you will already have heard of James Wong. And if you haven't, that's probably about to change. James made his name with a book called Grow Your Own Drugs, which shot into the international bestseller …
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Alnwick Civic Society Conservation Awards. Awards and commendations presented by Chris Mullin, chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund for the North East of England, who will also talk on walled gardens and other matters. At Barter Books, Alnwick. 7.30pm.
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“The new garden products warehouse is probably the most sophisticated in the UK plastics industry, using ideas more common in the catalogue retailing and book distribution sectors. The warehouse will help our agile approach to distribution, with a …
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Watch the birdie at Eggesford Gardens Garden Bird Advice Day at Eggesford Gardens Watching wild birds is a fascinating hobby and Devon is blessed with both fantastic countryside and a quite a few species of bird less common in other parts. However, for …
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The vivid paintings of Britain's pioneering art movement were among the first in the world to be painted outdoors, and to have nature – including British native and popular garden flowers – at its heart. The Pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood rebelled against …
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Grant & Co (grantco.co.uk; 01531 637341), £475,000. 3 Rearing beef and lamb Betton House, Betton, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, is a Georgian pile with eight bedrooms, guest suite, courtyard of cottages, outbuildings, stable, walled kitchen garden …
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The couple visited a memorial to Z Special Unit, an Allied unit of Australian and British special forces who used canoes to paddle out in Singapore harbour and planted mines to sink a large part of the Japanese fleet anchored there during the Second …
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Group Captain Clive Coombes, the British defence adviser in Singapore, said William was particularly keen to see Z Unit's graves and was well briefed on their heroics. He said: “Prince William was well aware of the force's heroics and was keen to see …
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jobz-done.co.uk offer wide range of cleaning & general services to both domestic and commercial customers some services include window cleaning cladding …
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Harrogate Autumn Flower Show is set to welcome its first international entry to the stunning display of new show garden borders being created for this year's event. Twelve beautiful borders are being built for the show, the UK's premier autumn festival …
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“The nature market is where our cameras were popular in the beginning, especially in Europe and the U.K.,” said Darin Stephens, product manager for Bushnell (Corp.) Trail Cameras. “We're talking wildlife observers, scientists and backyard naturalists.
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Wet Weather To Blame For 7% B&Q Profit Plunge. B&Q owner Kingfisher has said the wettest summer in 100 years cost the group £30m in profit as demand for gardening and outdoor maintenance plunged.
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Kate made it three outfits in one day with another floral frock for a reception at the home of the British High Commissioner. She chose a dress by Erdem, though with longer sleeves than the standard design. … With a visit to Singapore's Botanic …
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The club's Stella Taylor said: “Despite the terrible gardening season and some miserable weather on the Friday evening and Saturday morning members trudged through the mud to bring in colossal cabbages, flowering fuchsias, immaculate onions many …
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B&Q in the UK and Ireland suffered a 6 per cent like-for-like sales decline to £2billion in the 26 weeks to July 28, as average footfall plunged 20 per cent in the very wet weeks. The wider group, which also owns tools supplier Screwfix as well as …
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He said gardeners have never seen such growth during the summer, caused by the warm, wet weather allowing leaves to grow rather than the usual hot, dry climate forcing trees to shed foliage. Now the arrival of cold nights have prompted the first leaves …
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