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  1. Current Issues, Events, Gardening Year, George, Hampton Court Flower Show, News, RHS

    Gardening Events 2018 Calendar

     Another year, another roster of fabulous events to pack out you calendar. We’ve gathered up the best exhibitions, flower shows and festivals coming down the track, so you can start […]
    Posted On: 05/01/18
  2. Current Issues, Jorge, Plants

    Plant Taxonomy: A History

     Plant taxonomy, or systematics, is one of the oldest biological disciplines, tracing back thousands of years to when the identification of medicinal, edible, poisonous plants as well as those suitable […]
    Posted On: 09/10/17
  3. Current Issues, Garden Design, Gardening, Guest Posts, Planting, Plants

    Rain Gardens: Preventing Flooding

     A rain garden in its simplest form stands as “a shallow depression, with absorbent yet, free draining soil and planted with vegetation that can withstand occasional temporary flooding”. Such gardens can […]
    Posted On: 22/09/17
  4. Current Issues, Jorge, Plants

    What is Mutation Breeding?

     Unlike genetically modified crops, mutation breeding goes largely under the radar, but has been ongoing since at least 1942 when scientists Freisleben and Lenn induced mildew resistance in barley through […]
    Posted On: 09/08/17
  5. Amie, Current Issues, Gardening, How To, Plants, Ponds

    Top Tips to Deter Garden Thieves

     The garden is our sanctuary, our area of peace, a place for personalisation, and with roughly 90% of households owning a garden, they’re a large part of Britain’s landscape. With […]
    Posted On: 19/07/16
  6. Callum, Current Issues, Gardening

    Thrive Charity – Using Gardening to Change Lives

     Gardening really is fantastically therapeutic as many of you all know, in fact a recent study found that 88% of gardeners chose mental wellbeing as a key benefit for spending […]
    Posted On: 23/05/16