Author: Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.
Come and meet some of the wildlife that inhabits Heligan

THE HELIGAN NIGHT GARDEN

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Come and see a Traditional Lantern Experience 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 & 13 December – 5.30pm to 7.30pm18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 & 30 December – 5.30pm to 8.30pm2 & 3 January 2021 – 5.30pm to 8.30pm This Winter we invite you to explore The Heligan Night Garden, a traditional Lantern Experience set amidst the…
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Restoration of unique ‘Capability’ Brown garden given lifeline after grant from Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

Restoration of unique ‘Capability’ Brown garden given lifeline

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The National Trust’s Berrington Hall in Herefordshire has been awarded £269,000 from the £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund for HeritageMoney will help restore the only surviving ‘Capability’ Brown curved walled gardenSpecialist conservation work starts this week and will continue until March 2021 A grant from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage has thrown a lifeline to a project to…
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Children swap pebbles for veggies at Squires Garden Centre

children swap pebbles for veggies

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Children across the South East have been taking part in Squire’s Garden Centres ‘Paint A Pebble’ activity. They were invited to collect a free pebble from Squire’s, paint it to look like a vegetable, then bring their masterpiece back into the garden centre and swap it for a free pack of vegetable seeds to grow at home. Hundreds of children…
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Illuminate Sandringham event

Something to Look Forward to this Christmas

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‘Luminate Sandringham’ is runs from November 20th to December 20th With the festive period fast approaching and so much of our ‘normal’ Christmas probably needing to be altered or cancelled there is something new we can look forward to – a spectacular seasonal light show is set to illuminate the beautiful Sandringham Estate to help celebrate the Christmas period. ‘Luminate…
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From Liverpool to Cornwall – rich harvest for national wildflower centre

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The National Wildflower Centre is deepening its roots in Liverpool, teaming up with young environmentalists to transform green spaces into vibrant meadows across the city After the centre’s HQ in Knowsley, five miles from Liverpool city centre, closed in January 2017, the Cornwall-based Eden Project stepped in to protect its legacy and continue its vital work restoring wild habitats, species, landscapes and…
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