Gardens
Sankey: Guide to growing and harvesting tomatoes
March 29th 2012
There is nothing more rewarding than a plate full of your own tomatoes grown from your garden. Luckily, tomatoes are relatively easy to grow, especially if the British weather behaves itself...
Roddy Llewellyn: The beauty of simplicity
February 1st 2012
Why plants found growing in the wild can be preferable to man-made creations
Roddy Llewellyn: Go to grass
January 9th 2012
It is a fact that there are a number of plants that look marvellous when several are planted over a large area, whereas they look quite horrible as a single specimen.
Who needs Gardeners’ World?
December 1st 2011
The English Garden magazine has dipped its muddy gardening boot into the world of professional film
Who needs Gardeners’ World?
December 1st 2011
The English Garden magazine has dipped its muddy gardening boot into the world of professional film
Too late for tulips?
November 4th 2011
Warwickshire college lecturer Duncan Coombs with advice on November gardening.
Create homes for wildlife in your garden with ‘Jordans 10% Challenge’
October 19th 2011
One of Britain’s best-known cereal companies, Jordans Cereals, is issuing a challenge to Britain’s gardeners to follow the example set by farmers that grow Jordans cereals and make at least 10% of their gardens into homes for wildlife...
Create homes for wildlife in your garden with ‘Jordans 10% Challenge’
October 19th 2011
One of Britain’s best-known cereal companies, Jordans Cereals, is issuing a challenge to Britain’s gardeners to follow the example set by farmers that grow Jordans cereals and make at least 10% of their gardens into homes for wildlife...
Flowers that fly
September 5th 2011
Nicholas Butler investigates the plight of the county’s butterfly species
World’s first living billboard made entirely of British flowers
August 26th 2011
Shoppers in London were treated to quite a sight today, as a billboard made entirely of living flowers was revealed outside the Westfield Shopping Centre...
Bug hunting - GARDENING WITH RODDY LLEWELLYN
August 3rd 2011
THE WORD Lily is as pretty as a Christian name as it is a flower: I rather wish I had christened one of my daughters with the name. Every Lily I have met has been utterly enchanting and very pretty...
Looking after Lily... Question time with Warwickshire College plantsman, Bob Hares
August 2nd 2011
Question time with Warwickshire College plantsman, Bob Hares
Beekeeping in Warwickshire
July 19th 2011
Juliette Kemp discovers why more people than ever are enjoying keeping these busy little pollinators
Allesley Park Walled Garden Group - Advertisement Feature
February 18th 2011
Did you know that Coventry has a Georgian Walled Garden?
Roddy Llewellyn: Perfect peonies
January 19th 2011
The harsh winter will bring its rewards in the form of a bounty of beautiful peonies predicts Roddy Llewellyn. Here’s his advice on growing these blooms.
Sir Roddy Llewellyn's January gardening tips
January 12th 2011
A miscellany of gardening tips from Sir Roddy Llewellyn: flowerpot heaters, cannibalistic plants, bananas, and sowing seeds for the sweet scent of summer
Sir Roddy Llewellyn - Spurges
August 17th 2010
Sir Roddy Llewellyn’s Shipston-on-Stour garden is all the better for a selection of Euphorbia
Warwickshire College - Growing your own apples
August 17th 2010
If you’re growing your own apples it’s worth trying some varieties that aren’t readily available in the shops, says Bob Hares.
Warwickshire College - The Kitchen Garden
July 21st 2010
With ‘grow your own’ taking off as never before Bob Hares has some timely advice for the would-be vegetable grower.
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