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  • the Story of the Tomato at Chelsea

    the Story of the Tomato at Chelsea

    The ever-popular tomato certainly deserves respect! Its history has been littered with adventure, travel and even wartime propaganda! Burpee Europe and Pennard Plants will be joining forces this September to celebrate the ‘love apple’ with a display at the Chelsea…

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  • E5 OR E10?

    E5 OR E10?

    With the introduction last week of E5 and E10 petrol options many will be wondering what can be used in petrol driven gardening tools. E10, the cheaper option and introduced to reduce CO2 emissions, is made up of 90% regular…

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  • Major Milestone for Kitchen Garden Podcast as it surpasses 250,000 downloads!

    Major Milestone for Kitchen Garden Podcast as it surpasses 250,000 downloads!

    The Kitchen Garden Podcast has reached an amazing new milestone of a quarter of a million downloads!

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  • Autumn flower show set to blossom at Newby Hall

    Autumn flower show set to blossom at Newby Hall

    Harrogate Autumn Flower Show is moving to a spectacular new location at Newby Hall & Gardens, near Ripon, this year.

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  • Wildlife is welcome!

    Wildlife is welcome!

    Actively attracting insects, worms and birds to our gardens and pots can help save the planet Gardeners at a national horticultural charity are encouraging us to attract wildlife into our gardens to help prevent irreversible extinctions and save the planet…

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  • DAZZLING DAHLIAS AT HELIGAN

    DAZZLING DAHLIAS AT HELIGAN

    This August, The Cornwall Dahlia Society return to The Lost Gardens of Heligan to showcase a weekend of dazzling dahlias in their 40th Annual show. Visitors to the show will be invited to marvel at hundreds of The Cornish Dahlia…

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  • CELEBRATING NATURE’S GIFT OF WELLBEING

    CELEBRATING NATURE’S GIFT OF WELLBEING

    At BBC Gardeners’ World Live Special Edition, well-being will be placed centre stage with a series of features showcasing how health and wellbeing is boosted by plants and gardening, or being around greenery and gardens. Ultimately, gardens make us feel…

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  • LIVE Q&A with the Kitchen Garden team

    LIVE Q&A with the Kitchen Garden team

    To celebrate National Allotment Week, we’re giving you the chance to ask our team of experts for their top tips and advice for getting the tastiest produce from your plot!

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  • National Allotments Week 2021 9 to 15 August

    National Allotments Week 2021 9 to 15 August

    This year the National Allotment Society (NAS) is Plotting for the Future and celebrating the contribution that allotments make to a sustainable future, by being economical with resources, caring for the land and supporting a balanced eco-system. We would like…

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  • Podcast 104 – The July 2021 Audio Edition of Kitchen Garden Magazine

    Podcast 104 – The July 2021 Audio Edition of Kitchen Garden Magazine

    Long days, summery sunshine and the dream of delicious home-grown crops coming to fruition. This special full-length audio edition of the July issue of Kitchen Garden Magazine is jam-packed full of our top jobs for July and how-to guides. In…

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  • Butterfly species hard hit by changeable weather patterns

    Butterfly species hard hit by changeable weather patterns

    Where have the butterflies gone? Butterfly Conservation launches this year’s Big Butterfly Count with urgent appeal for public’s help after disastrous spring weather. Chris Packham and wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation are launching this year’s Big Butterfly Count today by asking…

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  • Podcast 101 – An Interview with Chris Beardshaw

    Podcast 101 – An Interview with Chris Beardshaw

    In this episode of the Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast, we’re joined by Chelsea gold-winning designer and TV gardening expert Chris Beardshaw. Chris is a garden designer, author lecturer who you’ll have seen appear on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, Gardener’s…

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