Gardeners hoping to establish a wildflower patch in their gardens should be wary of generic seed mixes and stick to local blooms to best serve…
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Indoor outdoor: save money with products that work in home and garden
From colourful cushions that look as good in the living room as on the lawn to portable lamps and speakers fit for home working and…
View More Indoor outdoor: save money with products that work in home and gardenApril’s cold weather shows it’s time to fill our gardens with hardier plants, say experts
Gardeners are being urged to grow plants that can cope with extreme heat and cold after the Royal Horticultural Society was bombarded with letters from…
View More April’s cold weather shows it’s time to fill our gardens with hardier plants, say expertsUK gardens: get growing now for a budget spring makeover
Fed up with staring through the window at a rusty barbecue set and flowerpots filled with last year’s dead geraniums? With three bank holidays coming…
View More UK gardens: get growing now for a budget spring makeoverLichens, slime moulds and wasps: RHS lists top beneficial wildlife for garden
In not so distant times, a list of garden wildlife for many horticulturalists could have been a list of deadly enemies, containing aphids, slugs, snails…
View More Lichens, slime moulds and wasps: RHS lists top beneficial wildlife for gardenBritons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggests
Eco-friendly gardeners should be given a cut in their council tax, scientists have recommended, as research shows cities may have lost as much as 50%…
View More Britons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggestsMeadows to return at 100 historic sites in England to mark coronation
Meadows across 100 historic sites in England, from the panoramic ruins of Scarborough Castle to the chalk down landscape of Stonehenge, are to be created…
View More Meadows to return at 100 historic sites in England to mark coronationRHS asks gardeners to find interesting ‘weeds’ that may be rare plants
Record the “weeds” that pop up in your garden because they could be a rare plant, the Royal Horticultural Society has said. Private gardens in…
View More RHS asks gardeners to find interesting ‘weeds’ that may be rare plantsClimate crisis prompts RHS to plan for sending rhododendrons north
In Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier’s unnamed narrator was shocked and bewildered by the over-proud “slaughterhouse red, luscious and fantastic” rhododendrons she encountered at Manderley on…
View More Climate crisis prompts RHS to plan for sending rhododendrons northMoney to grow: radical policy helps UK communities green their own spaces
Children of all ages hang out at the seating area. One group of teenagers from a local school call the sunny bench between two planters…
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