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This year’s Gargrave Open Gardens is to be held on 18th and 19th June 2022. The much loved community event returns after last year’s mightily successful first ever weekend event! A variety of Gargrave’s garden gems will be open each day from 11am-5pm, alongside live music provided by musicians in selected gardens. Lunches and refreshments will be served at Gargrave Village Hall,…

You don’t need a lot of space to grow crops, so take a look at these containers for growing fruit, vegetables and herbs on your patio or balcony, in your backyard or even outside your backdoor BEST BUYHERB PLANTER Made from 100% recycled polyester, this Vigoroot bag has a special structure which enables them to ‘air prune’ the roots of…

A former Blue Peter gardener has suggested a novel way for the UK’s nature-loving youngsters to take part in Children’s Gardening Week (28th May – 5th June 2022) this year – whether they have a garden or not.  “Skip the allotment waiting lists and create your own tiny tray allotment,” says Chris Collins, who is Head of Horticulture at charity,…

It’s WORLD BEE DAY on the 20th May, so look out for solitary bees and help scientists better understand declines. Check out a new solitary bee identification guide available to download free at https://northsearegion.eu/beespoke/publications-downloads/While bumblebees and honeybees are familiar to many of us, solitary bees are often overlooked. In fact, 90% of the UK’s bee species are actually solitary bees,…

RSPB partners with South Western Railway Key railway stations will be transformed into hubs for wildlife thanks to an exciting new partnership between the RSPB and South Western Railway (SWR). Through steps such as planting wildflowers, cutting holes in fences for ‘hedgehog highways’ and putting up nestboxes, the stations will act as refuges for wildlife in trouble. This isn’t the…

An exciting new prospectus of in-person workshops and online courses has been announced by a charity on a mission to encourage more climate-conscious gardeners to adopt organic principles in their home gardens. Horticultural charity, Garden Organic, is encouraging beginners and seasoned gardeners alike to embrace the spirit of learning and enrol onto one of its workshops or courses. They cover…

Strong winds and storms can be a gardener’s worst nightmare but there are some things you can do to protect your plants from bad weather according to horticultural charity Garden Organic. It’s 35 years since 15 million trees were estimated to have been lost during the great storm of 1987 that registered hurricane-force gusts of up to 135 mph (217…