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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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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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Sunny outside & the front garden. – UK Veg Gardeners

Sunny outside & the front garden. – UK Veg Gardeners

Its sunny outside today & i hope it has come to stay. A lovely rhyme to start the morning off. Pots have been watered & birds have been fed. Th…
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London 2012: Olympic Park's gardeners juggle their blooms

Olympic Park gardeners will hold back some plants and force others so that everything looks its best for opening ceremony.
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Landscape Gardener (21775399) – reed.co.uk

View all details on this Landscape Gardener vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site. You can also search for all similar roles now. 21775399.
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How does your garden grow? (Vogue.com UK)

How does your garden grow? (Vogue.com UK)

Head down to the Old English Garden, in Battersea Park where Jo Malone Limited has teamed up with Thrive, the charity whose mission is to harness the therapeutic power of gardening to help those with physical disability.The Vogue Blog
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Gardeners urged to be top of crop

IT is the last chance for gardeners to have a chance of getting their pride and joy counted in this year's Oxford in Bloom.
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GARDENING: Tip-toe thro' the tulips

Judging by the plethora of catalogues dropping through my letterbox, no prizes for guessing the favourite spring bulbs for autumn planting…
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Gardening question for experts? – Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers

Gardening question for experts? – Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers

“Gardening question for experts?” – Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers.
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Sir David Attenborough says cultivate the nettles in your garden to help …

Sir David Attenborough says cultivate the nettles in your garden to help butterflies. Sir David Attenborough has called on gardeners to plant a wild flower meadow and cultivate a nettle patch to help butterflies struggling to survive the wet summer and …
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Thorny problems: what a wash out

Any reference to weather extremes is rare on this page, since no sooner has a mini-heat wave or flooding hit the headlines than it is over. Last week's news, literally. By addressing the question of whether this appalling summer has managed to dampen …
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Celebrity gardeners blamed for making floods worse by encouraging decking …

Celebrity gardeners blamed for making floods worse by encouraging decking …

Celebrity gardeners blamed for making floods worse by encouraging decking and patios. Television gardeners have been blamed for making the recent spate of floods worse by encouraging people to rip up lawns and replace them with decking and patios.
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Sculpture in the garden

This year at Chelsea Flower Show, the occasional flower bloomed between ambitious installations by architects and designers: a limited-edition bronze of Lewis Carroll's Alice for £3000, a welded-steel peacock on an urn for £15000 and, for the thrifty …
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Squad UK Selection for Landscape Gardening at RHS Tatton Park …

Taking place at this year's RHS Tatton Park (18 – 22 July) is the WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 Squad UK Selection Competition for Landscape Gardening. Working …
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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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Prince of Wales to unveil East of England show garden | Horticulture …

Prince of Wales to unveil East of England show garden | Horticulture …

The Prince of Wales is to formally unveil a show garden that commemorates the Queen's diamond jubilee on the opening day of the East of England Show this …
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The street where glorious gardens grow charity cash

CHARITY-minded neighbours in a Tamworth street are opening six gardens to the public to raise money for a good cause.The glorious gardens in Glascote's Clifford Street will available to view on July…
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Gardeners think big in wildlife contest

Check out all the coverage for the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2012. Watch vidoes, view photo galleries and check out all the gardens.
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Could the Queen's seeds grow in your garden?

Could the Queen's seeds grow in your garden?

“Royal” gardens could soon spring up across the UK, as seeds from plants in Buckingham Palace garden go on sale at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
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Street, wave and cyber-gardening

Feilden Clegg Bradley's Open Studio event for the LFA.
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Growing fruit and veg: the art of saving a crop

Midsummer has passed, and with the coldest April, the wettest May and a windy June, it has been an uncertain start to the vegetable growing season. Normally one would be almost overwhelmed with the abundance of things to eat – harvesting broad beans, …
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