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Flowers were first recorded as being used in food in 140 BC, many different cultures since incorporated them into everyday foods. Check out The top 5 tastiest flowers.

Ornamental Onion: Flower Bulb Of The Year

Ornamental Onion: Flower Bulb Of The Year

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Did you know that onions aren’t just good to eat but that the ornamental ones are pretty as well?  The large onion family has established itself not only in the kitchen. Some of them – the ornamental onions – are impressive features in the garden. The Origins Of Ornamental Onions Ornamental onions are endemic to Europe, Asia and the Middle…
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Cherry Blossom Ice Cream

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There are few sights more cheering than the first blossom of Spring. Lucy Burton shares her tips for baking with these delicate flowers March brings with it the start of Spring, the end of Lent, and a glimmer of warmer days to come. Few sights herald the demise of winter more beautifully than pearly pink cherry blossom, which is in…
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BLUEBELL WALKS AT RODE HALL

BLUEBELL WALKS AT RODE HALL

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Experience one of the finest Bluebell Walks in the North West at Rode Hall and Gardens in Cheshire New for 2016, visitors can enjoy Rode’s carpets of ancient bluebells even more extensively due to the recent discovery and restoration of an old path through the Old Wood, previously used by villagers walking to the House in the 1800s. A magical stroll…
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The top 5 tastiest flowers (Yes! You can eat them!)

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Flowers were first recorded as being used in food in 140 BC, many different cultures since incorporated them into everyday foods. 1. Calendula Calendula flower petals make a tasty addition to summer salads and stir-fries. Sow: March-May thinly direct into finely raked, moist, warm, weed free soil where the plants are to flower 13mm (½”) deep. As the seedlings develop,…
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Pennard Plants and Roots and Shoots celebrate Kipling's 150th anniversary

Pennard Plants and Roots and Shoots celebrate Kipling’s 150th anniversary

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“This should really be the goodwill garden,” says Roots and Shoots Director Linda Philips of the Rudyard Kipling inspired garden the London charity is creating in the Grand Pavilion at Chelsea Flower Show with Pennard Plants. #Chelsea #Garden #Horticulture “It’s built on many thousands of pounds of goodwill and generosity and very little money, £5,740 to be exact. Not your…
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Are you up to the Churchill Cup challenge?

Are you up to the Churchill Cup challenge?

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Visitors to this year’s Blenheim Palace Flower Show are being invited to enter the ‘Churchill Cup’ hanging basket competition, when it returns to the Oxfordshire stately home this #summer Visitors to this year’s Blenheim Palace Flower Show are being invited to enter the ‘Churchill Cup’ hanging basket competition, when it returns to the Oxfordshire stately home this summer. Are you…
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