These 35 blogs will help you get your container garden under way with tips on plant and container types, and will give you ideas for getting more from your container garden than you put in.
… Container gardening - 35 of the best blogs Jeralyn … container garden than you put in. Container gardening is a simple and fulfilling hobby … entries deal with the basics of container gardening. • How to Start a Container Garden …
From planting tips to making your own 'seed bombs', Tom Antebi has the lowdown on the web’s best organic gardening blogs
… Top 10…gardening blogs Tom Antebi | 11th February 2011 Ethical Living Top Ten Gardening Organic Blogs Vegetables Flowers … has the lowdown on the web’s best organic gardening blogs Sustainable gardening is on …
The need for more affordable housing is often cited as a reason for building on often-environmentally important garden plots. But does such a policy result in more cheap homes? Apparently not, argues Simon Leadbeater
Do the environmental benefits of gardens outweigh the need for affordable houses? Simon Leadbeater | 19th October 2010 Comment House Building Affordable Homes Gardens Zac Goldsmith Comment Society …
Hazel Sillver gives her pick of the UK's 10 most gorgeous eco-gardens and garden events to stroll around this summer....
… also be an emphasis on sustainability and gardening for wildlife – don’t miss the bee … encourage visitors to adopt a ‘natural gardening’ technique (of being less tidy and …
Britain's garden designers just keep getting better as this year's Chelsea Flower Show proved. And as Jeff Holman discovered, there’s plenty more where that came from
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Despite the spring downpours, a hosepipe ban is already in force thanks to drought. It’s time to rethink how we use water in the garden, says author Michael Littlewood
… Ethical Living Water Climate Change Drought Gardening Plants Growing Recycling … does not mean that we have the right to go on gardening as we have always done, regardless … laborious - and least enjoyable - aspects of gardening. If we design and manage our gardens …
Henry/Bragg’s groundbreaking ‘Blooming Britain’ exhibition switches the focus from the slick professionals of Chelsea to the enthusiastic amateur gardeners found in every corner of the UK
… Henry Gass | 10th June 2011 Ethical Living Gardening Rhs Henry/bragg Manchester Tower … in the UK, one of the few countries in which gardening is a serious profession, it’s easy … of their summer exhibition ‘Blooming Britain: gardening in the margins.’ Working under the …
Garden designers are increasingly conscious of green gardening methods, but designers at this year's RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show are demonstrating how gardens can be used to convey green messages to increase environmental consciousness amongst the public too. Mandy Almond, Show Manager, talks us through some of the gardens....
… Mandy Almond | 8th July 2013 Ethical Living Gardening Green Living the ecover garden, … designers are increasingly conscious of green gardening methods, but designers at this …
In Romford, Essex, villagers are getting their hands dirty transforming a historic walled garden at Bedfords Park
… Sevier | 11th November 2011 Activism Food & Gardening Community Gardening Big Society Clear Village Organic … combined effort between various groups. Local gardening group the Friends of Bedfords Park …
Despite a surge of interest in organic gardening, green fingered consumers continue to favour toxic chemicals to combat pests. But are they being exploited by clever marketing and inaccurate labelling? Sarah Bentley investigates
… Bentley | 29th June 2011 News Pesticides Gardening Gardens Natural World Investigations … Despite a surge of interest in organic gardening, green fingered consumers continue … local ecology. A recent RHS report 'Gardening Matters: Urban Gardens', found that …
You may see your garden as a spare room or a place to be in touch with nature, but changes to planning rules mean it is likely to attract higher council tax if it hasn’t already been snapped up by a developer. Jack Shamash reports
The Great Garden Grab Jack Shamash | 1st February 2007 News Gardens Home Government Property UK Allotments Green Lifestyle Urban Living Society GARDENGRAB_FEB07_MAIN.jpg You may see your garden as a …
Tips for passing on green fingers, and a taste for vegetables, to your sprogs
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From birds to dragonflies and butterflies to bees, Hazel Sillver explains how to turn your garden into a haven for wildlife
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Amateur gardeners striving to live the 'Good Life' should ensure they check the contents of store-bought compost. For peat's sake - we need to think beyond our backyards and choose compost carefully
… | 22nd July 2011 Comment Food And Farming Gardening Peat Pesticides Organic Agriculture … this to be true because our members have been gardening successfully without peat for over … that more and more people are getting into gardening at home, but it’s important that we …
London's Pestival bugfest is back - showcasing a lazy gardener's dream and other ways to show our six-legged friends some love
… September 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Gardening Pestival Southbank Centre London Wildlife Trust Wildlife Gardening Bees elainehughesbymelaniehawes.jpg … be a 'bit less tidy'. 'By relaxing your gardening techniques and letting things rot …
This is the centenary year for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and eco-sound landscaping is taking centre stage.
… Ethical Living Natural World Green Living Gardening resized.jpg Many eco-gardens … in some way. Such a strong emphasis on green gardening at the world’s foremost gardening show is great news. Long may it …
Products labelled ‘organic’, ‘natural’ and ‘environmentally friendly’ have been found to confuse consumers in a survey by Which? Gardening and Garden Organic.
… to confuse consumers in a survey by Which? Gardening and Garden Organic. A leading … with consumer watchdog title, Which? Gardening, consumers were found to have been … acceptable for everyday use,' he said. Which? Gardening and Garden Organic are now calling …
Make your garden into a magical place during the cold months with berries, coloured bark and winter-flowering plants
… | 16th November 2011 Ethical Living Winter Gardening Natural World Cold Berries Hellebore … Ten of the best…ways to get stuck into urban gardening Growing your own fruit and …
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes
… Greener gardening at Chelsea 2012 Rebecca Campbell | 18th May 2012 Ethical Living Gardening Climate Change Chelsea Green Living … Ten of the best…ways to get stuck into urban gardening Growing your own fruit and …
For over a decade, a pioneering project in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been transforming war torn lives through the power of plants. But now their money has run out. Helen Babbs meets the gardeners facing up to an insecure future
… Soil Stained Survivors: how gardening is helping those caught up in the … Healing Garden Survival Therapy Health Gardening Green Living doboj-garden.jpg For … restart their lives, the concept of urban gardening had some uncomfortable connotations. …
The story of how a group of dissatisfied residents pulled together, got funding, and created a blooming community garden where the work, and the rewards, are shared
… Food And Farming Green Living Community Gardening Stratford Newham What Will The … be about 20 on any given Saturday morning gardening session, according to Dasha. … planting in July, ignoring a lot of the gardening advice, and it worked - the volume …
Inspired by his childhood memories of secret gardens, Rupert Sheldrake suggests a way modern families today could enjoy the same kind of productive outdoor space.........
… impossible to find a larger piece of land for gardening, because urban land capable of being …
Filling your garden with wildflowers helps honeybees and butterflies, and creates a relaxed mood. And, from the Easton Walled Garden to Sissinghurst, there's plenty of inspiration
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