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Offer of the Week – phlox paniculata – In The Garden … – People.co.uk

Offer of the Week – phlox paniculata – In The Garden … – People.co.uk

PHLOX paniculata, or perennial phlox, are one of the classics of the cottage garden border – and this week's special offer.
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Home & Interiors Lynne Allbutt: Green scene

“After a test event for children in our Great British garden, we spent half an hour fishing hula-hoops out the pond!” The Natural North. The Olympic Park's North garden is verdant with extensive meadows that are fundamentally about bio-diversity and …
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Weekend work: Time to do some deadheading

Deadheading is scarcely work – a job to fill the odd 10 minutes. Phlomis needs it, roses of course, old flowered stems of various iris, Jacob's ladder, little violas and sweet williams. Clear out rows of early peas and broad beans and fork out any …
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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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wildflowers at the Olympic Park

wildflowers at the Olympic Park

If you want to see the big ideas coming out of British horticulture, there's no better – or bigger – showcase than the gardens and meadows of the Olympic Park in Stratford. The 250-hectare site in east London has been filled with 4000 trees, 300000 …
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Gardeners battle rain and mud as RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park …

Rain and mud have caused huge problems for gardeners preparing for the annual floral extravaganza at Tatton.
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MY GARDEN AND OTHER ANIMALS BY MIKE DILGER (HarperCollins 14.99)

Creating a wildlife garden from scratch is not without its frustrations: there's a huge lump of concrete in the exact place they want to dig their pond, a rat sets up home in their chicken coop and the British weather conspires against them. But there …
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Kingfisher sales flat as weather puts off gardening

Kingfisher sales flat as weather puts off gardening

B&Q owner Kingfisher (LON:KGF) said summer sales across the group were marginally down as unseasonably wet weather continued to batter Europe. Chief executive Ian Cheshire said the firm enticed customers into their stores with promotional activities …
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The best gardens sowing seeds of Olympic glory

London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. For gardeners, the most exciting part will be the extensive and dramatic perennial planting, designed to be part of a permanent legacy …
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Alan Titchmarsh's top tips for pre-holiday garden – Express

Gardening :: Alan Titchmarsh's top tips for pre-holiday garden preparation – Alan Titchmarsh gardening and food growing tips.
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On Topic of Gardening – GardenBanter.co.uk

On Topic of Gardening – GardenBanter.co.uk

Whilst I have every sympathy for Baz and others who have been affected by recent weather/floods etc., isn't it about time this newsgroup got back to.
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Growing problems of a soaring population

The 2011 Census shows the population of England and Wales has reached 56.1 million. GARETH McPHERSON asks what challenges face Cambridge with the number of people living in the city jumping by 13 per cent in a decade. THE powers that be need …
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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 …
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Gardening http:www.sgm-uk.comadvicerotavator-hire Tips For …

Gardening http:www.sgm-uk.comadvicerotavator-hire Tips For …

Gardening http://www.sgm-uk.com/advice/rotavator-hire/ Tips For Fun And Functional Purposes. Gardening http://www.sgm-uk.com/advice/rotavator-hire/ Tips …
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Curious Tomato plant habit – Gardening in the UK Forum – GardenWeb

I have a Gardeners Delight plant which was grown from seed (from a recognised source) and was given a yellow tom which I have no idea what variety it is.
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Squad UK hospitality team announced for WorldSkills 2013

The National Apprenticeship Service has announced five young “skills stars” from the hospitality industry who have earned a place in Squad UK for an international skills competition – WorldSkills Leipzig 2013. … Held every two years in one of its 61 …
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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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Slug alert! Invasion of the gastropods

Slug alert! Invasion of the gastropods

This is the summer of the slug. Gardeners and nurseries all over the country are finding that mild weather, punctuated by record levels of rainfall, has caused the population of the greedy gastropods to increase dramatically, and expert horticulturists …
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People power at Tatton Park

Community gardening has seen a boost in interest, with the RHS reporting a 20% rise in It's Your Neighbourhood and RHS Britain in Bloom groups across the North of England, and as the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park gets set to open, the charity hopes …
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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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Recipes from Potager garden and glasshouse café, Cornwall

Recipes from Potager garden and glasshouse café, Cornwall

So was Alastair Sawday, who described it as 'uniquely calm' in his recent guide Go Slow England & Wales. And you can see why. In a bucolic setting, down pretty, swerving lanes in remote countryside a few miles from Falmouth, the cafe is housed in a …
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Nature Inspires Sculptors at RHS Garden Wisley – Press – Royal …

Friday 29 June 2012. One of the largest exhibitions of sculpture in the country will be on display in the beautiful garden setting of RHS Garden Wisley from 25th …
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Planting A Garden – Gardening How To (EasyLiving.co.uk)

Thinking about planting a garden but don't know where to start – or have a small space? Get a gardening how-to with Easy Living's quick grow-your-own guide …
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Gardening Team Leader (21733690) – reed.co.uk

Gardening Team Leader (21733690) – reed.co.uk

View all details on this Gardening Team Leader vacancy on reed.co.uk, the UK's #1 job site. You can also search for all similar roles now. 21733690.
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Summer gardening advice from the RSPB

Summer gardening advice from the RSPB – With summer gardening often accidentally endangering breeding birds and other wildlife, the RSPB has provided a series of tips for nature-friendly horticulture.
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Flower Show launch competition to find borough's best garden

CALLING all garden-ers! … Organisers are not on the hunt for professionals or perfection – although it doesn't hurt to try to achieve it – but real gardens planted up with love by real people that suit the house and area where they live. … plants …
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