Category: Gardening uk

Age UK Northamptonshire has launched the new gardening service as part of its existing Handyperson scheme. It means garden maintenance has been added to the services offered, which also includes fitting smoke detectors and rails, replacing lightbulbs, …
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Before I spoke to Mary Berry, I knew we had gardening, cooking and Agas in common. What I didn't realise was that we both spent seemingly hours outside the same headmistress's door, waiting to be admonished, receive detentions and the like for our …
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Snowdrops and daffodils start rooting early, so plant those as soon as possible ( they should be on sale in most nurseries and garden centres by now). Hyacinths …
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The idea of a garden that doesn't require irrigation isn't new. UK gardener Beth Chatto has been using low-intervention gardening for 50 years, most famously with her Gravel Garden. Sheffield University has become a hub for new ideas in low …
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Countries without a social history of gardening look to the UK as gardeners, especially garden design, so come to us for design projects. Hong Kong and Russia are getting more important to us, though working in Russia is hard as nothing grows well.” …
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Lists of these varieties, with the names of suppliers, take up more than three pages in the RHS Plant Finder (which can be accessed online at rhs.org.uk). So vigorous is old-style montbretia that in certain parts of the country it has escaped from …
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UK based Jobs and volunteering in the Environmental sector.
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David Domoney Hartman have teamed up with David Domoney, from ITV's Love Your Garden to bring you some inspirational and seasonal gardening tips.
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All the details for Gardener Labourer in , on one page.
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If you're in the UK and you blog about growing vegetables then this is the group for you! 5 hours ago. 24 Comments 8 Likes · Under-Gardener is now a member …
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The British Grower's Bunch, £20 (available online at marksandspencer.com), is handmade with seasonal flowers and foliage grown in Lincolnshire. It includes many heritage varieties which, although often found in British gardens, are no longer grown on a …
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That's one more than I grew this year! I sowed or planted three lots and the seeds rotted in the soggy ground or the plants got eaten by slugs. It's the first year that …
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Gardens. landshare.net Launched through River Cottage in 2009, landshare.net connects people who want to grow plants or vegetables with people who have land to spare (including organisations such as the Church of England). It has more than 55,000 …
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“Gardening is certainly not a hobby for the British weather but we still carry on because of the joy that it gives us.” Auctioneer David Millard and his wife June presented the prizes. Mr Millard admitted that his wife was the gardener but he could …
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There's a free guide to “gardening in harmony with nature's cycle” available to download on its website www.neudorff.co.uk plus information on its organic pest and weed killer products. Whether you splash out on a posh insect hotel (Neudorff's is £54 …
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News, analysis and advice for the UK professional insurance broker community.
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Entry free. September 15-16. Autumn fair, 10.30am-4.30pm, National Trust Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk. Unusual plants, bulbs, garden furniture for sale. Free for NT members, adults £3.50 (01787 379228; nationaltrust.org.uk/melfordhall …
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Helen Woodcock of the The Kindling Trust the co-ordinating body for Greater Manchester said: “It is really exciting that Greater Manchester is one of the six cities in the UK taking part in this national event. Gardening and community gardens have …
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One of the world's rarest species of turtle has hatched at a British zoo for the first time. The tiny seven-week-old Vietnamese box turtle is so precious that it is being kept in a climate-controlled room at Bristol Zoo Gardens and is hand-fed chopped …
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View all details on this Vocational Instructor – Gardening & Landscaping, Ashford vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site. You can also search for all similar …
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LONDON (AP) — Police in central England ordered half a dozen apartments evacuated briefly after finding what they called suspicious substances during a raid. The evacuations followed a Wednesday morning raid at two houses in Horwich in Greater …
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Local Gardeners and Gardening Experts with Free Business Listings and Online Directory. Read Fun Gardening Blog Post. DirectoryNow.co.uk.
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… in other areas of the garden. For more information on late summer colour planting, call Northampton Garden Centre, in Newport Pagnell Road, Northampton, on 01604 765 725 or visit www.northamptongardencentre.co.uk. Email to a friend; Print this page …
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With a wide choice of spring bulbs now available in garden centres and from bulb specialists, it's difficult to know which varieties to choose and is often tempting to stay with old favourites. But there is a … For more information, visit www.which …
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In the past few years, lightweight Austrian scythes have been introduced to the UK and they are a much more user-friendly tool (visit thescytheshop.co.uk for a selection). A new Austrian scythe will cost you between £120 and £180, depending on what kit …
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Most of us want our gardens to be a place of beauty, relaxation and activity in the security and privacy of our own homes. However, this feeling of privacy and security is not always so easy to achieve. A new-build house too close to the shared …
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Master Gardener working with Age UK. The Mile Cross Intergenerational Gardening Project originated from a discussion Master Gardener Steve Mosley had …
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Housework, brisk walking and gardening can help to cut the risk of developing breast cancer, according to research. In the largest study of its kind to date, the European Prospective Investigation Of Cancer (Epic), co-funded by Cancer Research UK …
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Researchers found women who spent six hours a day doing household chores, going for a brisk walk or gardening were 13 per cent less likely to develop breast cancer than their sedentary peers. Even those who … Previous research has estimated that more …
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The hunt for Patricia Wilson, 58, whose isolated stone cottage stands near the village of Vabre-Tizac in the Aveyron, came as prosecutors revealed that the body of the French gardener facing charges for her murder was covered with deep scratch marks.
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