Steve Ott
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Quick growing tips
Joyce Russell shares some of her top growing tips for May… It’s worth making a second sowing of anything that failed from an earlier one. On the other hand, it will save valuable growing time if you can find young…
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Chelsea Fringe at Nine Elms on the South Bank
Nine Elms on the South Bank is drawing together a programme of local activities as part of #Chelsea Fringe. The international garden festival that’s now in its fourth year and celebrates everything from guerrilla gardeners to community projects and large-scale…
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New berry on the block
There’s a new #berry on the block this #strawberry season, with extra #health benefits. This unique, almost black strawberry called Nerina is packed with health-giving antioxidants in form of polyphenols and vitamins. However, you will not find it in punnets…
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Enjoy the great outdoors with celebrity TV gardener David Domoney
Whether you’re planning a BBQ in the garden, looking to makeover a tired outdoor space, or looking for green-fingered ideas for little ones. Having started out his career working at a garden centre, the ITV’s Love Your Garden presenter has…
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Growing vegetables in small spaces
BBC Gardener of The Decade, Katherine Crouch, shows how to plant and grow a vegetable garden in a small space. Katherine uses a grow bag and wooden poles to allow the vegetable plants and seeds to grow upwards to maximise…
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Conservation charity opens UK’s first peat free garden centre
In a double first, the #NationalTrust has opened its first #garden centre at Morden Hall Park in South London which is also the first peat free garden centre in the UK. The 5,000 square metre garden centre will officially open…
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TV wildlife presenters urge public to join Great British Bee count 2015
#Wildlife presenters Steve Backshall, Michaela Strachan and Miranda Krestovnikoff are urging people to get outside and take part in the Great British #Bee Count 2015, which is taking place throughout #May 2015. Organised by Friends of the Earth, Buglife and…
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Pennard Plants and Roots and Shoots celebrate Kipling’s 150th anniversary
“This should really be the goodwill garden,” says Roots and Shoots Director Linda Philips of the Rudyard Kipling inspired garden the London charity is creating in the Grand Pavilion at Chelsea Flower Show with Pennard Plants. #Chelsea #Garden #Horticulture “It’s…
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Top tips for better beetroot!
Want better beetroot in 2016? Read on for our top tips… Sow small numbers regularly to avoid gluts. Roots take roughly 90 days to mature from sowing. Choose a sunny, sheltered site for your crop. In a crop rotation, beetroot…
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Are you up to the Churchill Cup challenge?
Visitors to this year’s Blenheim Palace Flower Show are being invited to enter the ‘Churchill Cup’ hanging basket competition, when it returns to the Oxfordshire stately home this #summer Visitors to this year’s Blenheim Palace Flower Show are being invited…
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Jobs for the month: March 2015
Sue Stickland brings you the essential tasks for the month in the polytunnel and greenhouse and offers her top tips for early sowings and harvests. Poor germination? If seedlings emerge in patches – or not at all – the temptation…
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Strawberries – Sweet Success
With spring around the corner there’s no better time to make plans for a haul of sweet and succulent #strawberries. #BenedictVanheems recommends his favourite varieties and creates a strawberry bed It’s almost the start of another promising growing season. If…
