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School kids kick start healthy holidays with some gardening
Southern Housing Group’s Community Connectors organised a “school breakout fun day” for residents and neighbours of Bunker’s Hill A group of local schoolchildren, many of whom live in Bunker’s Hill, which is managed by Southern Housing Group, decided to do…
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September issue out now!
As we bake in soaring temperatures, gardens and allotments are bursting into a riot of colour and preparing to deliver heavenly harvests. September marks the start of autumn in the UK and with it the start of the main harvesting…
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Dorset School Wins Countrywide Gardening Competition
Hazelbury Bryan Primary School in Dorset, are the winners of this year’s Wilkinson Sword and Town & Country Gardening for Schools Campaign The competition invited schools from across the nation to design a fruit and vegetable garden for a prize…
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More Pineapple Success at The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Seasonally out of sync – and two and a half years late – but first Smooth Cayenne pineapple, (in two years), fruits at Heligan The Productive Garden Team at The Lost Gardens of Heligan enjoyed a very rare opportunity this…
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August issue on sale now!
Don’t miss your latest sizzling summer selection of fab features designed to give you the most fun, enjoyment and produce from your plot! KG editor Steve Ott, pictured below, says: “In this issue we have some great features to ensure…
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INTERNATIONAL MUD DAY!
Saturday 29th June 2019 is International Mud Day – the perfect excuse for you and your children to get outside and get dirty! It is vital that children, like all of us, have regular contact with nature, with proven benefits…
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Hairy Biker Dave Myers rides into Southport Flower Show
Hairy Biker Dave Myers is set to ride into the 2019 Southport Flower Show to share some of his top tips for outdoor cooking The celebrity chef will be revving up some of his favourite summertime recipes as he appears…
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July issue of Kitchen Garden out now!
There’s an international feel to KG this month, and plenty of hints and tips for you to take down to the allotment… The sun is shining (and, unlike the summer of 2018, there’s been quite a lot of rain so…
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Food, Farming and Fun
Where does our food come from? Three thousand children from sixty five Essex schools – ranging from Epping to Harwich are about to find out! Pupils aged eight to eleven will learn about agriculture and the countryside at the Essex…
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June issue of Kitchen Garden is on sale now!
Delicious peaches could be yours without a trip to the shops! Find out how with help from the KG experts… Editor Steve Ott says: If you love your garden you must love June! Flaming or not, plants are in full…
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Stepping up to the plate
A gardening collaboration set up by Wedgwood for college students has been so successful it is returning for a second year. Last year Wedgwood gave 30 students at Reaseheath College, in Nantwich, the chance to work on garden spaces at…
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Spring’s crowning glory
It’s National Asparagus Day on April 23, so to celebrate, why not make space for some crowns in your garden, says KG editor, Steve Ott At this time of year we are all in the process of filling our plots…
