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Upgrade 0n gardening equipment – Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers

Upgrade 0n gardening equipment – Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers

“Upgrade 0n gardening equipment?” – Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers.
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Cooter on gardening leave from QBE and tipped for RSA return

In January 2010 as part of a shake-up which saw Brit Insurance promote Peter Burrows from Brit UK CEO to the position of executive chairman for its UK strategic business unit, Cooter assumed the position of director, UK market management and regional …
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Gardens: how to make garden waste work for you

guardian.co.uk, Friday 27 July 2012 22.59 BST … It's a beautiful, simple system: waste turns into nutrients to feed the garden, and bulk to improve the soil, which produces more growth, which eventually goes back into the compost bin. The circle is …
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Wisbech designer heading for Japan's Gardening World Cup

Wisbech designer heading for Japan's Gardening World Cup

IN a year where British hopes for international competition glory are high, Wisbech garden designer Richard Miers has been invited to compete for world cup glory in Japan's third Gardening World Cup. Comments; Email; Print; Got a story? To send a link …
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Kiaran Stapleton: From schoolboy gardener to remorseless killer

Yet bizarrely it was at this time that as a talented gardener, he won New Prospect Housing's Best Kept Garden competition. While he appeared to have overcome his troubled youth, family and friends reported that he had always been prone to strange mood …
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School gardens: growing greener kids

Astonishing things have been happening in and around our fridge in recent weeks. Crumpled plastic sandwich bags crammed with curly lettuce leaves, rocket or radishes have been appearing on the top shelf and, within a matter of hours, disappearing again.
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20% hit by green-fingered thieves

20% hit by green-fingered thieves

… prickly plants and using a weatherproof bicycle lock to chain hanging baskets up. More than 1000 homeowners with a garden or outside space took part in the UK-wide study. MPs have called for an 'urgent rethink' of Government proposals for a revamp …
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A garden for all seasons

In keeping with its motto, 'the best of the old and the new', the gardens at Fitzwilliam College combine traditional and contemporary planting to striking effect. Head gardener Steve Kidger gives Alice Ryan a guided tour. From the outside, Fitzwilliam …
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More Th>n : research reveals a new wave of plant theft sweeping the UK

Looking across the regions, it is not 'The Garden of England' where green-fingered thievery is in full bloom, but the North East – with 29 per cent of plant theft victims living in the area. Following closely behind is the North West (25 per cent) and …
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Begonias are plants for all weathers

Begonias are plants for all weathers

A couple of years ago gardening experts were on the radio and television recommending plants which survive in drought. I thought to myself 'don't go along with what they say, keep to begonias'. I feel really sorry for allotmenteers. Earlier in the …
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Hot tubs: nice or naff, they're everywhere

The outdoor whirlpools, previously the preferred site of celebrity sex scandals, have now invaded so many UK homes that they have made it into the top 10 annoyances for 800 readers of Gardener's World magazine. Others include children and, more …
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Gardener's Question Time Summer party hosted for first time in North Wet

Ness Botanic Gardens is delighted to announce that they will be hosting the BBC Radio 4 Gardeners' Question Time annual Summer Garden Partyin September which they say is a fabulous opportunity for them to showcase the delights of the Gardens. Ness …
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Millions of front gardens ripped up to ease the parking problem

Millions of front gardens ripped up to ease the parking problem

Millions of front gardens ripped up to ease the parking problem. The front garden is disappearing from the British urban landscape as drivers increasingly pave over their lawns to make space for parking. Parking shortage leads to disappearance of front …
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Wildlife gardening with Kate Humble – August

Late in the summer, the August greenery is beginning to lose its vibrancy, but the wildlife is still busy, particularly around the pond.
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Hot tubs, the craze driving neighbours up the wall

Hot tubs, the electrically heated communal baths that have sprung up in countless back gardens, have been named for the first time among the top 10 causes of “garden rage” in an annual survey. Whereas other entries on the list, such as power tools, …
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British garden product manufacturers export at spogagafa

British garden product manufacturers export at spogagafa

For overseas buyers wishing to research and source the thousands of other UK garden, leisure and pet products available from member companies within Gardenex, the federation has organised a garden and leisure industry information stand housed within …
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Gardeners battle rain and mud as RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park prepares to …

Rain and mud have caused huge problems for gardeners preparing for the annual floral extravaganza at Tatton.
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Pensioner fights off petunia-thieves with trowel

Harry Cook, 67, confronted the burglars and stopped them from making off with prize plants from his front garden in Loughborough, Leicestershire. After catching them in their van, he told them to “put the blooming things back” before watching them …
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Tottenham riots-inspired garden wins silver at top show

Tottenham riots-inspired garden wins silver at top show

A young Tottenham gardener has been given silver at one of the world's most famous flower shows for his riots-inspired design.
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BLOOMING WEATHER SPELLS MASSIVE CUTS – Express

Gardening :: Blooming weather spells massive cuts – Alan Titchmarsh gardening and food growing tips.
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FIRE GARDEN LIGHTS UP STONEHENGE AS PART OF … – Express

Gardening :: Fire Garden lights up Stonehenge as part of Olympic celebrations – Alan …
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Keeping up with the Joneses is filling our gardens with grot!

Keeping up with the Joneses is filling our gardens with grot!

The heart goes out to Lesley Cherry, who came home from holiday to find that her £4500 wooden decking at the back of her house had been torn down by the council. But my heart only goes halfway out.
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Wychbold garden centre marks 75 years of growth

IT is unlikely that the founders of a small seeds trial ground at Wychbold in 1937 could have dreamed of the growth that was to follow in the next 75 years.
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Top of the plots: Showcasing the best of Britain's gardens in our second …

Our competition showcases the best of British – and we do gardening better than any country on earth.
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Are councils 'vandalising' UK's wildflower … – Amateur Gardening

Are councils 'vandalising' UK's wildflower … – Amateur Gardening

Councils that mow road verges before wild flowers have appeared have been accused of horticultural vandalism. Wild plant charity Plantlife says it has.
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Cavolo Nero – UK Veg Gardeners

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It's A Gardener's World at Calke Abbey – 14th July

Calke Abbey's vegetable garden (c) NT Gillian DayGuarding our gardens and gardeners of the future is what the National Garden Scheme is all about and the National Trust's Calke Abbey will be joining in the UK-wide fund raising day on Saturday 14 July.
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Community garden opens to applause

Community garden opens to applause

THE Moveable Feast Garden opened to rapturous applause marking the transformation of a derelict plot of land into a community resource.
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Washout prunes profits at gardening supply group William Sinclair …

Gardening supplies group William Sinclair Holdings has issued a profit warning after the wet weather destroyed its harvest of peat bogs.
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Horticultural employers see shortage of skilled British applicants …

We may think of ourselves as a nation of gardeners, but when it comes to following a career in horticulture, employers are saying there's a shortage of British job …
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