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Kim Wilde is Supporting a New Campaign to get UK Families Outdoors

Kim Wilde is Supporting a New Campaign to get UK Families Outdoors

Almost a third of UK families admit they never hold social events in their garden and for one in five socialising in the garden is just an annual event. Furthermore, more than four in 10 children never help their parents with the gardening, according …
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rhs and british red cross helps refugees RHS Gardening

news article on rhs and british red cross partners to help refugees and asylum seekers.
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UKEurope A Gardener's Notebook

Here is another great gardening show from the UK, Beechgrove Garden. Beechgrove Garden is basically the Gardener's World for Scotland. If you have similar …
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Cheap Metal Garden Sheds for Sale in the UK and Ireland

Cheap Metal Garden Sheds for Sale in the UK and Ireland

Finding cheap metal garden sheds for sale in the UK and Ireland can be quite difficult if you don't know what you are looking for or where to look. Nothing beats …
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should I uproot my lime trees – Gardening in the UK Forum – GardenWeb

I have just moved into a house that has a mini-lime avenue. The garden was totally overgrown when we moved in, and after we got it cleared we discovered a …
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Britain's Grassroot Gardeners go for Gold

… public space to find Britain's most beautiful and environmentally responsible locations, in the ultimate gardening challenge. The 72 finalists were picked from several thousand entries in RHS Britain in Bloom 2012, the UK's biggest environmental …
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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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People in the UK are flooded with water. Lawn gardeners need …

People in the UK are flooded with water. Lawn gardeners need …

Water management for lawns and soil With all the summer rain the UK has been having domestic gardeners are suffering. This post details how excessive rain …
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22 year old UK male needs WORK Gardening & Landscaping …

experience in landscaping labouring, weekdays or weekends would take days work but looking for ongoing, white card n PPE, driving license.
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How to make the most of your garden this summer – when the sun finally comes …

… will draw the eye into the garden beyond. If the garden is narrow, though, you might prefer to lay them parallel to the wall to give it a feeling of width. How much? A 2.1m by 2.1m deck kit with handrails costs £204.25 (www.edecks.co.uk, call 0844 …
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TV gardener David Domoney: I perk up cut flowers by feeding them Viagra

TV gardener David Domoney: I perk up cut flowers by feeding them Viagra

David Domoney has been called the Heston Blumenthal of the gardening world. He talks to Metro about why having a quirky approach in the garden is so.
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Hogging the limelight: Why hedgehogs need a path through our gardens

… demonstrated by the Hedgehog Street campaign, which was launched jointly last year by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and the People's Trust for Endangered Species. A survey of “Hedgehog Champions” shows that nearly 5000 gardens have …
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British Farmer Plants Heart-Shaped Meadow in Honor of Late Wife …

green, gardening, england, UK, gardens, green design, heart-shaped. When Janet passed away over a decade ago, Howes meticulously planned and planted …
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RHS diary: July

RHS diary: July

Garlic may be ready for harvesting. The bulbs of hardneck varieties such as 'Chesnok Wight' and 'Lautrec Wight' are ready when around 40 per cent of the leaves have turned brown, but the central leaves are still green. Softneck varieties just “fall …
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The Great Potato Experiment – UK Veg Gardeners

At the end of last year I did a post about potato chitting and the fact that I was going to try a new method of planting potatoes. This method consisted of ju…
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How classic TV show inspired a Magic garden

School pupils are taking part in the Tatton Flower Show, with gardens inspired by classic kids'TV programmes. Sarah Dunn reports.
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The Medlar: In praise of horti-cooks

The Medlar: In praise of horti-cooks

The link between gardening and cookery has been growing ever stronger over the past decade or so, and it is now rare to come across a newish gardener who is not as interested in cookery as they are in gardening. This is the new generation of horti-cooks.
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Results: WorldSkills UK Landscape Gardening Competition

For the first time, the heats of the WorldSkills UK Landscape Gardening Competition took place at BALI – The 2012 Landscaping Show. 14 teams of two student …
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BRIEF-Flying Brands sells Gardening Direct retail ops for 2.

Datafeed and UK data supplied by NETbuilder and Interactive Data. While London South East do their best to maintain the high quality of the information displayed on this site, we cannot be held responsible for any loss due to incorrect information …
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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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Sezincote garden, Gloucestershire: a passage to India

Sezincote garden, Gloucestershire: a passage to India

Nothing quite prepares you for Sezincote. After winding through the mighty oaks that line the long drive of this Gloucestershire garden on the edge of the Cotswolds, you see a weathered-copper onion dome straight out of India. The south front, complete …
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Take your pick from the Rose of the Year winners

Big, bright and bold, delicate and shy or a heavily scented show off? There's so much variety in the rose world that choosing a perfect partner isn't easy.
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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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Senior Gardener, , Trinity College – JobsNow.co.uk

Senior Gardener, , Trinity College – JobsNow.co.uk

Senior Gardener in from Trinity College | JobsNow.co.uk.
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Clarke: I steer clear of gardening – Yahoo! TV UK

'Clarke: I steer clear of gardening' on Yahoo! TV UK . Noel Clarke has revealed that he doesn't do the gardening – because a certain outdoor creature gives him …
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You need a guilt-free city garden

Ann Mollo has learned, through trial and error, what works best for town gardeners. She shares the secrets of her glorious Holland Park garden with Pattie Barron – Homes and Property.
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