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Wilding the Chelsea Flower Show

By Kate Bradbury in Gardeners' musings
In 1985, Chris Baines created the first ever wildlife garden at Chelsea... Apparently it caused quite a stir - wildflowers in those days were often dismissed as 'weeds'... Continue reading...

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Moving bumblebee nests

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
I have bumblebees nesting in my garden. They didn't choose to live there, I introduced them. Or rather, I rescued them. Continue reading...

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Growing dwarf French beans

By Pippa Greenwood in Grow & eat
I adore these juicy, tender beans and would much rather tuck in to a home-grown crop than imported varieties, shipped all the way from Egypt or Kenya. Continue reading...

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Grow Yourself Healthy: May jobs

By Adam Pasco in Grow & eat
Things really move up a gear in May when you're growing your own. With a greenhouse bulging at the seams, I can't wait for the risk of frosty nights to pass [...] Continue reading...

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Biodiversity at the Malvern Show

By Kate Bradbury in Gardeners' musings
As someone who is potty about wildlife gardening, I was more than a little happy to learn that biodiversity was the central theme at this year's Malvern Spring Gardening Show. Continue reading...

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Wasps

By Richard Jones in Wildlife
I'm rather hoping that 2011 will be a good year for wasps. Unfortunately, my definition of a good year is sometimes at odds with other people's. Continue reading...

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Malvern Spring Gardening Show 2011

By James Alexander-Sinclair in Gardeners' musings
This week is the Malvern Spring Show and the first big Royal Horticultural Society flower show of the year. Continue reading...

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A dry spring

By Kate Bradbury in Gardeners' musings
In drier parts of the UK, plants are bursting into flower earlier, bees and butterflies are out earlier, and the ground, which should be warm and wet from April showers, is parched. Continue reading...

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A gardeners' visit to Madeira

By Pippa Greenwood in Gardeners' musings
Madeira is one of my very favourite garden destinations. I love seeing what we would regard as houseplants growing with weed-like vigour on the roadside, or trimmed to form a hedge... Continue reading...

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Dividing perennials

By Adam Pasco in Plants
When did you last lift and divide congested clumps of perennial flowers in your garden? You're not alone if you're struggling to remember [...] Continue reading...

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