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Talkback: Companion plants

On 28/11/2011 in forum

worms I have removed the leaves with the little blighters but is there anything else I should be doing. The poached egg plant also keeps down the weeds. I have great swathes of it in my garden and even bindweed can be defeated if you cover the ground


Talkback: The National Gardens Scheme Yellow Book

On 28/11/2011 in forum

-net This year I have promised myself to make more time in visiting small gardens to gain knowledge and insight in how we can all adapt and make our own gardens a place we want to be in.Informal/formal can all be achieved in a small garden and as most of us live


Conifer Hedge Turned Brown - What Next?

On 07/07/2012 in forum

neighbours as it backs onto a main road.   If I did rip down and replan what would people recommend. The requirements are fairly fast grower to 8 foot or so, evergreen and not privet (always hated it). I want to be able to train it into a formal hedge again


realy big empty garden

On 09/07/2012 in forum

is to think about what style of garden you want. What is the most important thing you want from your garden - growing vegetables and self-sufficiency; or do you want a romantic-looking cottage garden; or something tidy and formal to impress other people; or a


Recommendation Please

On 27/02/2013 in forum

,nothing formal,got to have some grass for little girl to play in summer, front garden west facing path up middle,neighbours got rhododendrons so presume camellia on my wishlist would do well? (williamsii think 'donation'?)I'm utterly useless on computer and have


Photinia -

On 30/05/2012 in forum

I have a small/average size garden for a typical suburban house, maybe 30ft by 30ft. I have a large patio and then grass with a border at the back and one either side. Having ripped out the existing garden when we moved into the house 2 years ago


Talkback: Ornamental veg

On 28/11/2011 in forum

stunning in their own right but also taste delicious.What other ideas have people tried? Cardoons are very statement-like plants for a formal garden and all of the plant can be cooked and eaten, If you do have to have hanging baskets why not make them


Is it me?

On 03/04/2013 in forum

choice....I.e. growing healthy food at reasonable cost. I do agree GW is not as inspiring as it used to be...it has become too formal I always thought this site was about gardening tips and help, there are lots of sites around for view airing, i


Our NGS Open Day

On 07/08/2012 in forum

with - thank you for sharing your spectacular garden with us. Hope my blue basil grows as well as yours - its doing really well up to now. Very nice formal garden, such pretty colour combinations. Do you live by a very busy main road?  Beautiful garden Pam, I


Talkback: Self-seeding plants

On 28/11/2011 in forum

Gardeners' World mag. some years ago. I'd never really thought about this until reading this blog so I just had a wander round the front garden to jog my memory. I hate formal gardens with box hedges and straight borders but thought I was well in control


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