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How green is Chelsea Flower Show?
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 [...]
Continue reading...Dry gardening at Chelsea Flower Show
21. May 2011
The dry weather in Southern England continues with no sign of heavy rain before Chelsea opens on Monday for judging on Members Day. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1387551/UK-weather-Heatwave-way-hottest-May-350-years.html Gardening in the current dry weather is proving very challenging but there is help at hand from one of the Chelsea Flower Show gardens tipped to win Best in Show. The [...]
Continue reading...RHS Chelsea Flowers early
20. May 2011
The Independent says that “Visitors to Chelsea could be in for a very different experience this year, as unusual weather over the preceding months has forced many garden designers to rethink their plans. A cold snap followed by the warmest April on record has meant the best laid turf of many gardeners has gone awry [...]
Continue reading...Drought Plants : Palm Trees
16. May 2011
Palms are perfect for this dry weather as they require hardly any water to survive once established plus they bring something unusual to your garden. Despite their prominence in hotter climates, palm trees are very hardy plants and most will thrive in the British climate providing there are not weeks of snow and very low [...]
Continue reading...Drought Loving plants – Oleander
15. May 2011
If your garden is suffering from a lack of rain then maybe now is the time to re-think your planting? Oleanders have to be my first drought plant choice as they are also evergreen which means they deliver impact throughout the year.These low maintenance Mediterranean plants have delicate flowers in shades of deep red to [...]
Continue reading...Drought fears continue despite showers
14. May 2011
Something unusual happened in the garden today – it rained! Not for long – about 2 minutes in fact and the water did not have any effect on the very dry soil. It just hasn’t feel like England with the lack of umbrellas and rain coats over the past month . Are you like me [...]
Continue reading...RHS Chelsea Flower Show greens our cities
12. May 2011
Great news that the RHS is highlighting the issue of making our cities greener at this years Chelsea Flower Show with their interactive greening ideas for adapting to climate change: “Parks have long been described the ‘lungs of the city’, but with climate change never far from the headlines, town and city dwellers – and [...]
Continue reading...Warm spring boosts strawberries
11. May 2011
The warm spring has led to the biggest and best quality English strawberry crop in about two decades, growers say. One of England’s largest strawberry farmers, R and V Emery, said their production yield was up by 150% on recent years. It also said increased sugar levels had made the current crop much sweeter and [...]
Continue reading...RHS iPhone app offers drought warnings
11. May 2011
For gardeners on the move like me, it is sometimes difficult to keep track of what is happening with your garden. I have been busy working in London all week but worrying about how my garden is coping at this peak growing time. Thoughts such as is eveyrthing wilting in the heat, is my melon [...]
Continue reading...Royal Family to plant vineyards
8. May 2011
The royal family is setting up a vineyard in Windsor Great Park to produce English wine. More than 16,500 vines bearing champagne grape varieties will be planted in 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of the park, owned by the Crown Estate. Laithwaites Wine, tenant farmers on the royal estates, said they were “extremely proud to be [...]
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