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Heritage seed relay stops off in Midlands on journey across the UK
A golden parcel of precious heritage vegetable seeds has arrived back at Ryton Organic Gardens after travelling by human relay for more than 180 miles.
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Seed relay race across the UK to celebrate 50 years of the Heritage Seed Library
The UK’s first ever ‘seed relay’ will see heritage vegetable seed shared, sown and saved across the country.
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Explore the world of giant veg and competitive growing in new RHS exhibition
The Pumpkins and Prizes exhibition from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) explores competitive fruit and vegetable growing.
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Heritage Seed Library sealed in time capsule as part of horticultural legacy
A collection of vegetable seeds and their stories will be buried in a time capsule for 100 years as part of The King’s Foundation’s 35th anniversary.
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Product reviews – watering your plot (July 25)
Are your plants feeling the heat? If so, there is a range of equipment available to keep them well-watered with option to suit your particular requirements. Here are a few we tried out this month BEST BUY SOLAR AUTOMATIC WATERING…
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Silver Merit Award for Garden Organic’s show garden
Sustainable gardening charity Garden Organic has won a ‘Silver Merit’ award in the Showcase Garden category for its Ecotalk ‘Rooted in Nature’ Garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live show at the Birmingham NEC. The judges commended the garden for being ‘packed…
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Gardeners make historic bean seeds available for the first time
A heritage broad bean with a history that spans 100 years, two continents, three cities, and three gardens, will soon be available for gardeners to grow in their own veg plots. Steve and Gill Bullock have followed in the footsteps…
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Get Growing This Bank Holiday
Make the most of the long weekend by getting your kitchen garden in shape. Here’s what to do this May.
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No room for a compost bin? Create your own cheap and cheerful wormery
Make the most of nutritious worm poop and pee in your small garden by building your own makeshift wormery says the sustainable gardening charity, Garden Organic. Composting worms or ‘brandling’ worms do a fantastic job breaking down kitchen scraps and…
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TV star Charlie Dimmock to headline National Amateur Gardening Show’s summer gardening spectacular
The National Amateur Gardening Show returns this July with a weekend of interactive gardening fun at the South of England showground in Sussex.
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Naturally protect your garden from deer this season – with TRICO® Garden
As gardeners, we invest time, love and effort into creating beautiful outdoor spaces. For some of us, deer can quickly undo all that hard work – nibbling on prized roses, stripping young trees of leaves or damaging delicate shrubs.
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The search is on for unique veg seeds in the Midlands
Do you have Ray’s butter bean, Grandpa’s Cress or Mrs Taylor’s Red Pear hiding in your garden shed or greenhouse? A charity is calling on Midland gardeners to find and share their unusual edible heirlooms in a special #SeedSearch. If…
