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Kings Seeds’ brand new Autumn Catalogue

10th July 2023 Arianne Davey Advertising Features, News

We’ve released our new autumn catalogue which is packed full of autumn sowing crops including garlic, onion and shallot sets, wallflower plants, autumn flower bulbs, Christmas potatoes and more! Here are some of our great new products… Sweet peas are a massive part of our business. We are one of the biggest Sweet Pea producers in the UK for home…

Designer shares heart-breaking inspiration behind RHS show People’s Choice winning garden

7th July 2023 Alex Bestwick News

The winner of the popular vote for best garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival has revealed the heart-breaking inspiration behind his winning design. Multi-award winning designer Paul Hervey-Brookes, 43, returned to the Festival for the first time in seven years and won the People’s Choice award. As he won, Paul shared the story behind the garden and his…

Video: A guide to intercropping

6th July 2023 Darren Hendley News, Video

Make the best use of the space available to you by intercropping, sowing fast growing crops between those that are slow growing.…

Book of the week: How to… Grow Patio Veg

4th July 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

Our latest book of the week is a helpful guide to growing veg on your patio, balcony, or even windowsill year-round. Space is at a premium for many would-be gardeners and allotment plots are hard to come by. In this issue, we show you how even the smallest patio, patch or even balcony can be turned into a productive paradise!…

Jobs for July

1st July 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

Ben Vanheems shares some essential tasks to carry out in your garden and allotment for July. SOW NOW Beetroot, cabbage, calabrese, carrots, chicory, endive, Florence fennel, French beans, kale, kohl rabi, lettuce, peas, radish, salad leaves, spinach, spring onion, sprouting broccoli, Swiss chard, turnips PLANT NOW Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, endive, French beans, kale, leeks, sprouting broccoli, strawberries HARVEST…

What weeds are telling you about your soil

30th June 2023 Alex Bestwick Features

Weeds are the bane of every gardener’s life – but here’s one thing they’re good for… Nobody likes having their flowerbeds and veg patches overrun by these uninvited guests, however weeds can have a useful purpose as a soil indicator. Keep an eye on which weeds you are finding to be most prevalent in areas of the garden. Are you…

How to Water Plants More Effectively!

29th June 2023 Darren Hendley News, Video

Emma and Tony explain how there might be more effective ways to water your produce.…

Kitchen Garden is on TikTok!

26th June 2023 Alex Bestwick News

Kitchen Garden are sharing loads of useful gardening tips and tricks on TikTok – if you aren’t already following, you’re missing out! Fruit and veg aren’t the only thing Kitchen Garden are growing – our TikTok account is growing roots, shooting up, and blossoming right now. We’re sharing loads of videos lately, chock-full of the best Kitchen Garden tips and…

Festival of Flavours will return for 2023, RHS has announced

23rd June 2023 Alex Bestwick News

Festival of Flavours will return to all five Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Gardens later this year, the RHS has announced. Last year’s inaugural event celebrated plot-to-plate eating, world food and autumnal flavours and attracted tens of thousands of visitors. The 2023 RHS Festival of Flavours takes place at RHS Gardens on the following dates: RHS Garden Bridgewater (Salford), 8 –…

PRODUCT REVIEWS: HAND WEEDERS (JULY 23)

21st June 2023 Tony Flanagan Best Buy, Reviews

Take a look at these hand weeders for when you need to get close to your crops and give them a good weed-clean BEST BUY WEEDING HOE This weeding hoe is designed for use in beds and borders. It has a lacquered pine handle and a carbon steel blade with a bevelled edge. It can also be used to create…

July 2023 Edition

21st June 2023 Alex Bestwick Latest issue

In the July issue you’ll find: Steve Ott’s top tips for growing turnips; the wonderful world of wasps with Garden Organic’s Anton Rosenfeld; and Hannah Reid explains how certain weeds can be put to use for the good of your crops. Also in the July issue Jason the cloud gardener High in an apartment block in the centre of Manchester…

BOOST YOUR BACK GARDEN BIODIVERSITY

9th June 2023 Tony Flanagan News

Bugs, birds and beneficial plants are the central themes in a new Garden Organic Backyard Biodiversity show garden, due to be unveiled at BBC Gardeners’ World Live from 15th to 18th June at the NEC, Birmingham.The organic gardening charity’s head gardener Emma O’Neill has designed a new biodiverse show garden for 2023, which brings together biodiversity-boosting elements and ideas to…

Blooms for cutting, cooking and critters

9th June 2023 Emma Rawlings Features

All flowers have a place in our hearts and on our plots but some have particular merit, as Emma Rawlings explains Flowers grown on allotments and veg plots have many benefits, not just to look pretty. They can be grown as a crop for cutting for the house. They can be used to add flavour and decoration to food and…

Exclusive giveaways in the June edition

9th June 2023 Arianne Davey Competitions

Here are some exclusive Kitchen Garden giveaways for our June edition! Prizes total over £800, here’s what you could win this month… Cutting Class Renowned for innovation and quality, the ARS professional Japanese pruning range includes shears, secateurs, handsaws, pole saws, telescopic pruners, loppers, and fruit and bonsai tools. The blades are made from high-carbon Japanese steel, with techniques such…