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Michael O'Leary, Winner of Nation’s Favourite NGS Garden
Were you an enthusiastic gardener before you moved to Hillcrest? We didn’t have a clue! In our younger days we had been party and clubbing types, and when we arrived here many years ago we didn’t start...
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Winter Planting for Pots & Containers
Winter is often viewed as 'down time' in the garden, with little to do but wait until spring. Not so. There are many winter plants for the garden, particularly when used in seasonal pot and container...
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How to Protect Plants From Frost
As the end of the year approaches most gardeners thoughts turn to the best way to protect their gardens from frost damage during the depths of winter and ensuring that vulnerable plants are well...
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5 Ways to Create a Garden for Wellbeing
Being outdoors and gardening positively affect our mental and physical health, as proven by science. Many of us already know that spending time in the garden has calming benefits - this has become more...
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Growing Fruit Bushes in Small Gardens
There are few more luxurious or cost saving crops to grow than soft fruit - eaten straight after picking, or even straight from the bush, there is a texture and freshness you simply don’t find in shop...
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Get Your Garden Ready for Spring
With longer days and milder weather, now is the perfect time to get outside and refresh your garden for Spring! From mulching borders to tidying and pruning - there are plenty of tasks to keep you...
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How To Keep Your Garden Organised
There is no doubt that an organised garden is a thing of beauty. It’s not just for appearance sake that getting organised is important – it allows you to work more efficiently, garden more productively...
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An Interview with Landscape Garden Designer Jack Wallington
In our latest inspiration interview we are delighted to chat with RHS qualified landscape garden designer and writer, Jack Wallington. Writing columns in Gardeners’ World, The English Garden and The...
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Planning a Spectacular Kitchen Garden Layout
There are few things better than picking the freshest ingredients straight from your own garden and now is the perfect time to plan with the Agriframes Kitchen Garden Range designed to help you create...
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5 Easy Soft Fruits to Grow at Home
One of the most luxurious and cost saving crops to grow at home is soft fruit - eaten straight after picking, or even straight from the bush, there is a texture and freshness you simply don’t find in...
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An Interview with Landscape Garden Designer Fi Boyle
Based in the beautiful Stourhead in Wiltshire, in our latest inspiration interview we chat with award-winning garden designer, Fi Boyle. Working predominately across the South West and Dorset, Fi...
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Top 5 Dahlia Flowers by Sally Moore
Dahlia flowers enthusiast and grower Sally Moore grows over 80 varieties of dahlias on her small plot in rural Somerset where she also specialises in tubers, runs workshops, and creates spectacular...
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An Interview with RHS Horticulturist, Peter Adams
Our latest inspiration interview brings us to beautiful North Devon where we chat with Peter Adams, Horticulturist and Team Leader at RHS Rosemoor. After moving from this home county of Yorkshire to...
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Plant Supports For Spectacular Borders
For superbly structured borders, Agriframes’ range of elegant frames, stakes, obelisks and supports will underpin your planting and let you show off your garden at its very best - Clare Foggett, Editor...
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Create a Fabulous Outdoor Living Space
Over the last few years, more than ever, being outside has been proven to be hugely important for our health and wellbeing and many of us have taken the opportunity to create outdoor living and...
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An Interview with Sue Phipps - Deputy Chairman of the NGS
Deputy Chairman of The National Garden Scheme, Sue Phipps has spent 30 years working in magazine publishing, initially on the advertising side and later as publisher on a range of women’s and...
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An Interview with Robert Dunster - Head Gardener at Berwick Lodge
Head Gardener, Robert Dunster has over 40 years’ experience having begun his horticultural training back in 1975 when he became an apprentice at The Queen’s Windsor Castle gardens. Since then, Robert...
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Top Dahlias Flowers for Autumn
There’s no doubt that Dahlias really are the stars of the show in the Autumn garden and are well worth including in your planting scheme either within borders or as part of a seasonal cutting garden -...
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Our Top NGS Gardens to Visit This Autumn
At this time of the year as the summer flowers fade and autumn starts to show its face you can really reap the rewards of planning in advance to ensure that there is plenty of long flowering planting...
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Autumn Fires: How to Create A Garden That’s Ablaze With Autumn Colour
Autumn can be something of a forgotten season in the garden with attention focused more on bulb planting for glorious spring displays or planting to improve the following summer. But, with a little...
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