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Clocks back ready for brrrr winter
We might get an extra hour in bed tonight but it will be getting darker earlier tomorrow and possibly much, much colder. Weather forecasters are warning that the UK may suffer from the coldest Winter in decades. Here are some suggestions from the RHS on how to prepare your garden for the next few dark and frosty months.: […]
Continue reading...RHS Great Veg challenge
11. October 2011
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The RHS Grow Your Own campaign encourages everyone to grow their own fruit and vegetables at home . They are keen to hear how they can develop their existing information and services by inviting everyone to complete an Online survey: spend a few minutes filling in our online Grow Your Own survey before 20 October 2011 to win a £50 voucher […]
Continue reading...RHS Autumn Show highlights roof gardening
4. October 2011
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Today is the first day of the annual RHS Autumn Show which showcases the best of autumn gardening and is held in the beautiful RHS Horticultural Halls in Westminster until Wednesday 5 October . http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-London-Flower-Shows/RHS-London-Autumn-Harvest-Show I will be going along to listen to an interesting speaker from London who has caught my attention lately as she is encouraging a […]
Continue reading...Hottest UK October day ever
1. October 2011
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Today was the hottest October day ever recorded with temperatures reaching 29.9C (85.8F) at 14:42 BST in Gravesend, Kent, beating the previous record of 29.4C (84.9F) recorded on 1 October 1985, in March, Cambridgeshire.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15137832 The UK and the rest of Europe has been basking in unseasonly high temperatures for almost a week now with clear blue […]
Continue reading...RHS and Alys Fowler Grow Your Own
26. July 2011
RHS facebook The RHS is increasingly using technology to connect with gardeners. They have an excellent facebook event this week with Alys Fowler, one of my favourite gardeners, answering your questions on their Grow Your Own Facebook page via drop-in Q&A sessions. This takes place on Friday 29 July from 3pm – 4pm and is […]
Continue reading...Alan Titchmarsh backs gardens
20. July 2011
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If you don’t want your front garden to look like this horror then watch the inspirational Alan Titchmarsh in this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h-dUWWtdAE
Continue reading...RHS Grow your Own Facebook advice
15. June 2011
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The UK Grow your Own season is steaming ahead over the next week with the long hours of daylight continuing up until Midsummers Day on 21st June. The longer days combined with some welcome rain in the South is making my veggies really put on a growth spurt. It is great to grow your own […]
Continue reading...B&Q vertical garden goes sky high
25. May 2011
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1390415/Gold-standard-Edible-garden-takes-prize-Chelsea-Flower-Show.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Food for thought? This amazing edible garden brimming with fruit and vegetables caught the judges attention at The Chelsea Flower Show and shows just how home grown produce can be produced in the smallest of urban spaces. Apart from providing home grown food and reducing our air miles , there are a host of […]
Continue reading...RHS highlights water crisis for gardening
22. May 2011
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On the eve of the Chelsea Flower Show it is brilliant to see the RHS using the focus on gardening in the UK this week to point out that gardeners have to think about how they use water to maintain their precious gardens. They have commissioned a study that highlights the benefits of gardens but […]
Continue reading...How green is Chelsea Flower Show?
22. May 2011
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Environmental concerns figure highly at Chelsea this year with Nigel Dunnett’s New Wild garden, capturing every raindrop to store in two circular ponds, with nothing wasted down the drains. http://www.rhsplants.co.uk/rhs-chelsea/rbc-new-wild-garden/ Marney Hall uses solar panelling to power the greenroofed garden office of her Skyshades garden http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2011/Gardens/A-to-Z/The-Skyshades-Garden-Powered-by-Light The B&Q sponsored 9m tall garden tower is one […]
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Have you noticed how the weather in your garden is becoming more challenging?
Are you changing the plants you choose for your garden and how you look after your plants?
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There are just 10 questions and it will take around 3 minutes.
All information will be used to develop international services on the web to help gardeners prepare for an uncertain horticultural future.
Thanks very much for your interest in gardening in a changing climate.
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29. October 2011
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