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Clouds, Rain and Silver Linings
10 May 2012
Current weather is challenging for gardeners, says the UK's leading gardening charity
Charity seeks egg-lovers to crow about free range!
30 April 2012.
Interested in eating cake, guilt-free, for a good cause? Then read on! Friday 4th May, and the first Friday of every month thereafter, is FREE RANGE FRIDAY, when the nation is being asked to get together to enjoy free-range eggs in all their guises. Yes, that includes cake - or anything else made with eggs for that matter, be it quiche, pasta, biscuits, omelettes, pancakes, or ice-cream - as long as the eggs are free-range!
Wet weather no problem for showgoers
27 April 2012.
Harrogate Spring Flower Show is buzzing at the Great Yorkshire Showground as we write despite regular April showers that have made the site a little boggy in places.
RHS SHOW CARDIFF BLOSSOMS UNDER APRIL SHOWERS
25 April 2012.
Another year, another great attendance at the RHS Show Cardiff, as almost 24,000 people braved the April showers to enjoy the first outdoor show of the Royal Horticultural Society season, which provided the finale to the very first National Gardening Week.
Grow a giant and win £1000!
21 April 2012.
The Royal Horticultural Society has launched the RHS Heaviest Pumpkin Competition. Professional and amateur growers alike are invited to enter by 24 September for the chance to win £1,000.
Learn how to relax at Harrogate Flower Show!
20 April 2012.
Ever wondered where a writer gets their inspiration or a busy GP goes to relax? Visitors to this week’s Harrogate Spring Flower Show will have the chance to experience the garden designer’s vision of a perfect professional retreat.
Rain stopped play – not likely!
10 April 2012.
The Victory Garden Allotment Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Monday went ahead regardless of the weather. As luck would have it, it stopped raining just before the start. The weather didn’t put off attendance either.
Beat the World Record and win £10,000!
3 April 2012.
Following the success of their previous pumpkin growing and pumpkin carving competitions, leading seed company Thompson & Morgan is throwing down the gauntlet once more!
DIG OUT YOUR OLD TOOLS!
2 April 2012.
Children from Robertswood School, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, got to grips with one of the world’s heaviest garden tools, a giant Bulldog spade (weight 28 stone 4.8 pounds/height 11 feet 8 inches), as they launched the new ‘dig out your old tools’ charity campaign at Rowan Garden Centre in Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks yesterday (29th March).
Why do plant roots grow down and not up?
30 March 2012.
It is essential for roots to grow down so they can explore the soil and maximise their water uptake. But how they know that is a question that has fascinated scientists since Darwin. Now scientists led by The University of Nottingham have found the answer.
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