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Gardening lifeline for Tonga households

Gardening lifeline for Tonga households

Welcome to Ward 19 where a hive of gardening activities is part of the daily lives of the Tonga people, thanks to Save the Children UK and its Protracted Relief Programme in partnership with Environment Africa Tree Africa programme. 25.07.1209:38am …
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David Domoney: I can identify any plant, dead or alive

Described as the Heston Blumenthal of gardening, David Domoney grows cactus on ice and feeds Viagra to cut flowers. Anna Tyzack … A doctor at Hampton Court showed me an article in the British Medical Journal about the effect of Viagra on cut stems.
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CHARGE HANDS (LANDSCAPE) (GARDENING … – Reed.co.uk

View all details on this CHARGE HANDS (LANDSCAPE) (GARDENING) vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site. You can also search for all similar roles …
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Gamesys: Tiki Triumph Paves the Way to a Garden Makeover for Green …

Gamesys: Tiki Triumph Paves the Way to a Garden Makeover for Green …

Jackpotjoy, one of the most famous gaming sites providing bingo, slots and casino games is delighted to report that Sheila's big payout looks set to have a rejuvenating effect on her gardening; it's sure to be boom time for local nurseries! Sheila had …
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Alternative Eden Exotic Garden: Nice Weather for Ducks

So it was nice enough to know that we'll be able to do some gardening and ….. as our …
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The Olympic Park is blooming

The London Olympic Park, the largest new open space in the capital for 150 years, has acres of woodlands and wetlands, wildflower meadows and global gardens, and has, without doubt, raised the bar of British horticulture and landscape design. Ox-eye …
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Woodbridge: 11-year-old Lucas wins national RHS gardening award

Woodbridge: 11-year-old Lucas wins national RHS gardening award

An avid gardener at home and key member of his school's gardening club, 11-year-old Lucas was selected from children nationwide as the UK's top school gardener in his age group, also winning the overall prize of RHS Young Gardener for all age groups.
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Match my thatch: Simon Cowell gets his garden bushes cut in the shape of his …

At a cost of around £40000, sexy Si has had his west London garden and patio re-done, with a three-tiered Cowell head-shaped bush as the horticultural centrepiece. In keeping with his OCD tendencies, a full-time, er, “head” gardener is employed to …
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Squad UK Landscape Gardening Selection Competition at RHS …

Eight of the UK's most talented young landscape gardeners who created Show Gardens for this year's RHS Flower Show Tatton Park (18 – 22 July) have had …
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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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Silver lining for your beds – Express

Silver lining for your beds – Express

Gardening :: Silver lining for your beds – Alan Titchmarsh gardening and food growing tips.
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Moore Sundial stolen from garden

A £500000 bronze sculpture by the leading British artist Henry Moore has been stolen from the grounds of his former home. Sundial 1965 was taken some time late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday from the garden at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry …
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Don't miss our next gardening event! | Yeo Valley | Supporting …

This Friday, we've got another special gardening guest in the valley. Ever wondered how to use herbs in the kitchen? Or how to grow them in your garden? Well …
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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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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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Lawns

Jayne Dawson: Now the seed is planted – we can't give up our lawns

Jayne Dawson: Now the seed is planted – we can't give up our lawns

Life is turbulent: there are disasters and triumphs, stars shine and fade, leaders arrive in glory and leave in ignominy, but there are two constants – our Queen's facial expression, and our love of lawns. These are the twin pillars of British life …
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Turfland's New Root Booster Helps Establish New Lawns

Turfonline has more than half a century of expertise in helping gardeners and greenkeepers and aspiring gardeners and greenkeepers grow top quality lawns. Turfonline exploits the expertise of two of the UK's largest turf growers, Turfland Farms Limited …
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GC helps school transform garden on DIYretailer.co.uk

GC helps school transform garden on DIYretailer.co.uk

A Powys garden centre has enabled youngsters to gain hands-on horticultural experience by creating a vegetable patch and a wildlife-friendly garden at a …
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The urban back garden in England in the nineteenth century

The urban back garden in England in the nineteenth century. Gardens and gardening are considered today to be central to English culture, but when did this …
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Hampton Court Flower Show 2012: Highlights for plant-hunters

Blackmoor Nurseries of Liss in Hampshire (01420 477978; blackmoor.co.uk) is bravely going ahead, having had its 75 show plants stolen at the end of May. It is still able to show three of its specialities, all bred in the United States. Peach 'Amber' is …
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