The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in association with the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) have started the search for the 2012 National Young Designer of the Year. The Societies have joined forces for 2012 to bring the competition to aspiring designers across the country.
Here are some clever ways of dealing with them without harming your garden or other wild life AshThis creates a rough barrier that slugs and snails just hate to cross. However be sure not to use the ash from a fire that’s burnt household waste because it could contain toxins.
The majority of people drink and throw away plastic two litre fizzy drink bottles, however, you could turn a couple into a miniature greenhouse.
A nationwide survey by the UK’s foremost gardening charity, the Royal Horticultural Society, to understand under 16’s knowledge of plants has found that two thirds of children think that pumpkins grow on trees or in the ground, over half don’t know how broccoli grows and almost 80% can’t identify fo
Change the look and feel of your garden deck space by creating some atmospheric lighting. By day, a place to hold big family lunches and sunbathe. By night somewhere to entertain friends, hold drinks parties or simply enjoy an intimate dinner for two.
Back in the day when everyone had an allotment or small vegetable patch in their back garden. Self sufficiency was the order of the day. We all had a hand in growing the vegetables, raking out the weeds and drilling holes for the seeds to be planted. Some of us even kept a chicken or two.
This year no well dressed garden should be seen without Festival Burgundy, the perfect bed partner to turquoise, which recently became recognised by the Flowers & Plants Association as the key colour trend for the year ahead.
Winter moves closer, this is one of my favourite times of the year, with the collection of rich colours from the trees and deciduous shrubs, the ruby red of berries along the hedgerow for the birds to eat over the winter months, and a cold snap in the air when you are out and about.
I’ve always had a passion for gardening. My earliest memories were in my grandmother’s and grandfather’s garden and allotment where, at around the age of three, I planted my first pansy seeds from dried flower heads.
Five top tips for getting it right - More and more people are being bitten by the ‘Grow Your Own’ bug, particularly as there is still no let up in the recession. By the end of year the number turning to ‘Grow Your Own’will have risen by 5%.