July Tips from the Head Gardener
Summer’s progressing Our sense of time is a bit out of alignment these days – lockdown has meant that many of us have been looking inwards and at our gardens. We’ve been noticing change and growth perhaps more acutely than ever before. But even so .. we lockdown and the beginning of spring and now…
Gardening Tips for May
Gardener’s Tips for May It is now time to give your borders some attention. All the sunshine and showers means the garden should now be at its vibrant best. Remove any faded spring bedding at the end of the month, it’s served you well but it’s time for a change and old bedding can be…
Gardener’s Tips for April
A few hints and tips from our excellent Gardener’s for the month of April: Things should be moving along pretty quickly now the highlight at the start of the month has to be tulips and with April’s sunshine and showers plants are growing at pace but there are a few things that you can do…
A Virtual Spring Flower Show
Our Gardens Trust is proud to be an RHS Partner Garden, a supporter of the National Gardens Scheme (and their nursing charities) and of the WGFA (Womens Farm and Gardens Association). All three organisations are doing imaginative and interesting things while closed to the public. Although most of this years RHS shows either cancelled or…
Monthly Gardener’s Tips
In an effort to provide some #mondaymotivation for you, we will be posting Gardener’s tips the first Monday of each month. To catch us all up, we start with March – check back in with us on Easter Monday for tips for April! Spring has sprung and warmer days increase garden tasks but it is…
Farewell for now … The Temporary Closure of the Gardens
Despite the best efforts of all, the Gardens will remain closed to the public until it is safe to re-open again. An eerie and strange feeling has engulfed us, with a globally collective fear of what may come; we recognise the benefit of fresh air and green space in the Gardens and the comfort and…
The Strawberry Tree
The Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) is a easy tree or shrub to identify, having both flowers and fruit present at the same time. The strawberry (or I think more like lychee) like fruit take up to a year to ripen, so as last year’s fruits turn red, the flowers that will form next year’s…
EU lawmakers demand five-year phase out of weedkiller glyphosate | www.gardenorganic.org.uk
Source: EU lawmakers demand five-year phase out of weedkiller glyphosate | www.gardenorganic.org.uk