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2010-06-06 14:22:28
AboutMyArea How to Choose the Best Gardening Tools for You and Your Garden AboutMyArea Some one-off gardening jobs such as clearing a long-neglected area or hard landscaping projects like laying paths and building walls will need specialised ...
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2010-05-29 06:30:59
Gardening week ahead: container care Telegraph.co.uk Choose larger containers, as smaller pots tend to dry out quickly, but check that there are sufficient drainage holes.
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2010-05-25 11:48:51
DIY Britons given gardening tips lets-do-diy Ltd ...
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2010-05-03 09:27:34
AboutMyArea Top Gardening Time Saving Tips for Summer AboutMyArea Find a local professional landscape gardener who will either supply all the materials and tools you'll need, or will do the whole job for you at a very ...
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2010-04-26 08:12:59
Novice gardeners pledge to grow veg This is London Led by charity Garden Organic, the One Pot Pledge will help first-time growers make the most of patios, balconies and window ledges.
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2010-04-11 23:32:13
The science of gardening (as explained to renowned physicists) Independent These themes are all explored at his Dumfries garden.
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2010-04-10 06:31:15
Gardening week ahead: Planting depths for perennials Telegraph.co.uk Discover the best of spring at the RHS Cardiff Flower Show (April 16-18).
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2010-04-09 23:10:42
The Guardian In the garden this week: Slug alert! Plus, pond life The Guardian Water is warming and it is time to plant your pond with water lilies if you want a display of their serene blooms come summer.
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2010-04-05 11:42:25
Long delays as allotments get more popular ChronicleLive But TV series' from The Good Life to Monty Don's gardening shows have made allotments trendy in the suburbs.
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2010-04-03 06:16:20
Telegraph.co.uk Allotment action: getting my hands dirty Telegraph.co.uk ...
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2010-03-29 12:45:11
Grow Bags Create a Low-Maintenance Garden Anywhere Lifehacker Maybe you want to get started gardening with just a few herbs, but, like us, feel like a natural born plant killer.
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2010-03-28 20:26:01
Times Online Depressed? Try gardening as therapy Times Online ...
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2010-03-28 18:00:20
The Guardian A guide to duff garden centres The Guardian How can you tell a good garden centre from a duffer? When comsumer watchdog Which? Gardening asked members to rate their garden centre experiences, ...
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2010-03-18 11:30:03
This is London Kew Gardens' blooming big crisis This is London An £80 million backlog of repairs and maintenance work threatens the architectural gems at one of London's best loved attractions.
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2010-03-18 06:20:49
Prepare Your Garden For The Summer With A Garden Watering System NewDesignWorld (press release) Amazon Irrigation are providing a wide range of garden watering solutions to help cut wasted water and protect your plants this summer.
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2010-03-08 08:44:11
Diarmuid Gavin fronts Defra go peat-free campaign Horticulture Week Gavin appears in a video about the benefits of using peat-free compost when planting.
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2010-03-05 11:50:54
What do you want from Gardeners' World? The Guardian (blog) Alys Fowler's The Edible Garden kicks off in a couple of weeks on BBC Two, while Life and Death in a Cottage Garden sees Carol Klein lead viewers through ...
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2009-04-30 11:46:49
24dash Green shoots as Chelsea garden starts to take shape 24dash, UK Over the next three weeks the garden will be marked out and carefully created using excavation, the construction of walls, a building and patio area put in place, pond and water
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2009-04-29 10:17:45
Gardens that will delight Bromsgrove Advertiser, UK Another garden open on May 30/31 is White Cottage, Earls Common Road, Stock Green, near Inkberrow.
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2009-04-28 09:50:45
Marshalls urges gardeners to create spaces for growing food Horticulture Week, UK by Magda Ibrahim Landscaping products firm Marshalls is urging gardeners to identify spaces for growing their own food during the bank holiday weekend.
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2009-04-21 09:50:14
Strawberry tips for gardeners Bucks Free Press, UK Wyevale Garden Centre – Marlow's Manager, Will Butler said: “Strawberries take up hardly any room so can be grown on patios and even balconies.
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2009-04-21 08:27:14
Kids prove gardening can be great fun Halifax Evening Courier, UK Wyevale Garden Centre, Denholme Gate Road, Coley, hosted a children's gardening weekend to encourage youngsters to get involved in planting flowers and vegetables.
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2009-04-17 10:39:11
BBC Berkshire Colin Evans Garden Tips BBC Berkshire, UK My rescue attempt got me thinking about the importance of wildlife in our gardens and what we can do to preserve it.
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2009-04-14 03:41:58
It’s early, but gardeners can still keep busy, expert says Peterborough Examiner, Canada Last night was the wrap-up of two weeks of free seminars and events, part of the How-to Gardening Show at Lansdowne Place, hosted by Gardens Plus, The
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2009-04-13 05:41:22
Sports Council for Wales backs gardening for helping us stay healthy WalesOnline, United Kingdom The Royal Horticultural Society’s annual gardening show in Cardiff, which runs from April 17 and 19, will feature a number of displays showing the
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2009-04-09 10:22:22
Colin Evans garden tips BBC Berkshire, UK 2: Use plug plants or plants with small root balls available at the garden centres now or through the post and plant up hanging baskets, tubs and troughs.
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2009-04-07 09:31:46
School garden gets celebrity endorsement Gloucestershire Gazette, UK By Jayne Bennett » PUPILS and staff at Hillesley Primary School welcomed Points West presenter Alex Lovell to the school to officially open their new garden.
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2009-04-03 10:48:34
Low-maintenance lawn care for all four seasons Brantford Expositor, Canada If you like growing roses but don't like all the fuss, consider shrub roses like the Knockout rose, which is a beautiful, flowering shrub that requires minimal maintenance.
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2009-04-02 09:11:05
Planting a border The Oxford Times, UK The cottage garden border of poppies, campanulas, gallica roses and tall bearded irises peaked in late June, whereas the moisture loving daisy border with asters, echinaceas and rudbeckias was glorious in
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2009-03-17 09:14:59
Get the youngsters into the garden this spring Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK Also ponds, compost heaps and under piles of stones, bits of wood, bark – any nooks and crannies.
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2009-03-17 07:04:31
More gardeners taking time to compost Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD Composting is low-tech earth maintenance: a way to be responsible, clean up after ourselves and take care of our little spot in the world, experts say.
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2009-03-17 05:00:24
Low Carbon: Tips and advice in the garden ChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK All of these crops need limited maintenance - you just need to ensure that the vegetable patch is kept weed free, that you keep an eye out for pests such as slugs and snails (copper
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2009-03-16 13:56:51
BBC Berkshire Colin Evans gardening tips BBC Berkshire, UK If you have little space then planting them in dustbins or large pots will also give you a good crop.
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2009-03-10 17:48:53
Get help with your allotment Coventry Telegraph, UK He said: “Lots of landscapers offer the same run of the mill garden maintenance service but I was more interested in trying to find something different with an educational element which is how I
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2009-02-25 11:53:13
Tree preservation order at Rockery Tea Gardens Bath Chronicle, UK A variety of animals including deer, foxes, woodpeckers and owls are often seen at the tea gardens, which have been owned by the same family for the past 80 years.
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2009-02-24 16:53:18
Village garden centre marks 102 years Watford Observer, UK Terry, a horticulturist, said: “My grandfather’s nursery venture started in his back garden.
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2009-02-24 12:53:04
Telegraph.co.uk Weeding tips - Helen Yemm's Thorny Problems Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom I think you will find that regular mowing will, in time, sort the sheep from the goats: some of the coarse grasses will give up and you will achieve a
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2009-02-23 22:59:59
Daily Mail Why BBC's gardening show is a late bloomer Daily Mail, UK Instead of scheduling Gardeners' World to coincide with early planting times, the corporation has pushed the series back to April 3.
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2009-02-21 00:08:46
Keeping the garden beds under cover Times Online, UK Use these bare patches to get more planting into your garden without having to create new planting areas.
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2009-02-18 15:04:09
Sky News Dig This: How To Get Your Own Allotment Plot Sky News, UK - 2 hours ago Go Flower Power - Grow annual and perennial flowers as these attract pest-eating insects and are important if you are organic gardening.
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2009-02-18 08:32:27
Vegetable growing tips for Beaconsfield Bucks Free Press, UK - 8 hours ago Staff at Beaconsfield Garden Centre on London Road, which is part of Wyevale, will host the Vegetable Growing Weekend on Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, ...
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2009-02-18 08:12:55
Trees suffer worst damage since 1989 storms because of snowfall Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 8 hours ago A number of mature conifers at the Royal Horticultural Garden Wisley, Woking have been badly hit.
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2009-02-17 16:41:04
Country Living gardening special Weekly Times Now, Australia - 17 Feb 2009 We look at upcoming Open Garden Scheme events, speaking to a former Prime Minister and his wife, as well as the new host of ABC's Gardening Australia, ...
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2009-02-12 02:57:24
Parks and Gardens |Disease-tolerant elms thrive in UK Horticulture Week, UK - 6 hours ago While scientific trials are still underway, my own experience tells me that, at least here in Dorset, the wildlife is enjoying all the trees have to offer.
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2009-02-11 11:02:02
Organic, Urban Vegetable Gardening For Dummies Inventorspot - 22 hours ago My Farm creates and maintains organic urban gardens in the backyards of city dwellers, and for those a large enough green space, there's always ...
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2009-02-11 08:15:43
guardian.co.uk Gardeners' Question Time repotted to new production company guardian.co.uk, UK - 11 Feb 2009 The then presenting team, including chairman Stefan Buczacki, defected to set up a new gardening show on Classic FM, after the contract was
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2009-02-07 15:08:37
Colin Evans Garden Tips BBC Berkshire, UK - 7 Feb 2009 Colin knows how to make a garden come up roses after snowy weather.
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2009-02-06 12:31:31
guardian.co.uk Calling all ethical gardeners guardian.co.uk, UK - 6 Feb 2009 ...
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2009-02-03 11:34:59
Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms University of Bristol, UK - 21 hours ago The work confirms that there are indeed more species of both plants and insects on organic farms than on conventional farms ?
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2009-02-03 07:11:27
Telegraph.co.uk Quick home-made compost - Helen Yemm's Thorny Problems Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 Feb 2009 Both of them can develop thug-like tendencies if allowed to be too ''low maintenance''.
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2009-02-02 08:42:17
NTS seeks gardening volunteers for castles Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 2 Feb 2009 On Sunday, February 15, volunteers are needed at Drum Castle for tree planting and maintenance and replanting of drive verges, from 1-4.30pm.
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2009-01-30 10:03:53
Interview - David Lewis, head gardener, Kensington Roof Gardens Horticulture Week, UK - 30 Jan 2009 ...
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2009-01-27 11:48:58
Recycled green waste compost proves a success Edinburgh Evening News, UK - 21 hours ago The effects on the quality of the soil and plants growing in it were then studied over the next 12 months.
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2009-01-26 14:12:43
24dash Residents breathe new life into a 'garden of hope' 24dash, UK - 26 Jan 2009 Fleur and Cath got to work by planting 1000 daffodil bulbs while Bramall Construction (a Keepmoat company), re-turfed the land with more than 10 tonnes of ...
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2009-01-24 00:09:56
Small-scale vegetable gardens guardian.co.uk, UK - 23 Jan 2009 ...
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2009-01-16 11:00:49
Parents dug in for new nature garden Hartlepool Today, UK - 16 Jan 2009 The nature garden is now being used by pupils to boost their education after weeks of hard work planting trees, plants and bushes and we are now just ...
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2009-01-12 07:58:10
Pupils learn core skills planting orchard at school The Star, UK - 11 Jan 2009 The children from Stradbroke Primary teamed up with Ye Olde Oak Foods to plant 18 fruit trees in what is hoped will become the school's edible garden.
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2009-01-12 05:22:31
The gardener within: Make your garden a memorable one Reading Eagle, PA - 11 Jan 2009 They read books and magazines, surf the Web, watch gardening shows, attend lectures, join clubs and go to school, all for the purposes of absorbing even ...
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2009-01-12 00:05:25
Nature Notes: signs of spring emerging Times Online, UK - 11 Jan 2009 Close examination shows that there are two kinds.
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2009-01-10 21:11:06
Times Online Gardening tips from the experts Times Online, UK - 10 Jan 2009 5 Sarah Price, 28, is a rising star of garden design, whose planting plan for a botanical garden will be the centrepiece of the landscaping for the 2012 ...
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2009-01-10 13:13:29
How to cope with the cold in your garden Mirror.co.uk, UK - 10 Jan 2009 It would be blissfully easy gardening in perfect conditions - plants would grow stronger and faster and need less TLC.
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2009-01-09 13:30:32
Daily Mail Scientists invent robot suit to help you weed the garden...
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2009-01-08 12:23:19
BBC Berkshire Colin Evans garden tips BBC Berkshire, UK - 21 hours ago I just love yellow roses and this is just the time to be thinking of where you will plant your latest addition.
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2009-01-08 10:07:09
Watch now: Yorkshire Post tips for getting the best from your garden Yorkshire Post, UK - 8 Jan 2009 The NEHS started hosting flower shows in 1911, and the two Harrogate Flower Shows (in April and September) are renowned as two of the top gardening
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2009-01-08 04:03:45
Enabling Environments: All about ...
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2009-01-04 10:59:17
More families save grocery money by planting gardens MLive.com, MI - 4 Jan 2009 Many flowering shrubs, perennials and assorted annuals are low maintenance but also attract beneficial pollinators for the vegetable garden.
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2009-01-02 11:03:35
Practical resolutions for the green-fingered Darlington and Stockton Times, UK - 2 Jan 2009 Someone extremely busy at work is unlikely to have time to totally re-landscape a garden, and if you have a bad back, don?t resolve to double dig a ...
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2008-12-17 08:49:12
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2008-12-16 11:03:27
Children enjoy fruitful garden Huddersfield Examiner, UK - 16 Dec 2008 Steve Broadberry, the school?s outdoor education teacher, said: ?The children love getting involved with the garden and planting? when they see me out in it ...
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2008-12-15 15:37:54
Rhododendron to be removed from the highway to protect oak trees Falmouth Penryn Packet, UK - 15 Dec 2008 Viburnum, Magnolia, Camellias and Drimys are just some of the garden plants which have been affected.
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2008-12-15 12:37:26
Daily Mail Bloomers for winter: Secrets to successful winter gardening Daily Mail, UK - 15 Dec 2008 ...
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2008-12-13 21:06:11
Times Online Top 20 winter gardens Times Online, UK - 13 Dec 2008 ...
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2008-12-12 10:46:49
New Statesman London's secret garden New Statesman, UK - 12 Dec 2008 Into two acres beside the Regent?s Canal are packed ponds, wetlands, woodland and open grassed areas.
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2008-12-11 21:25:20
Gardeners' confidence grows with help from mansion's vegetable patch Times Online, UK - 11 Dec 2008 He then rushed off to help the trust staff with their winter planting.
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2008-12-09 08:59:58
Wood ash in the garden Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 9 Dec 2008 Wait for a fine day with a light breeze, set the rows alight and, given a quick burn, all the detritus would go up in smoke ? and, crucially, the plants in ...
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2008-12-08 19:36:02
For these teenagers, charity begins in the garden Times Online, UK - 8 Dec 2008 Thrive?s Growing Options programme for 14 to 16-year-olds is based at the charity?s headquarters, set in 130 acres of gardens and farmland on the Trunkwell ...
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2008-12-08 13:15:01
Daily Mail Tree time: There's no better time to put down roots and give your ...
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2008-12-08 12:52:59
Daily Mail Monty Don's best gardening books of the year Daily Mail, UK - 8 Dec 2008 This book not only offers her many years of wisdom on how to grow edible plants, but also shows many ways of doing so as beautifully as possible.
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2008-12-06 00:10:47
This year's crop: The best gardening books of 2008 Independent, UK - 5 Dec 2008 Sixty Ways with Begonias or Threnody in a Cottage Plot are surely bound straight for the remaindered shelves.
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2008-12-03 10:58:40
Daily Mail Turn over a new leaf: The best new gardening books Daily Mail, UK - 3 Dec 2008 "I simply couldn't live in London without my garden," says Gardener's World presenter Joe Swift, who shows us how to make the most of our cosmopolitan back ...
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2008-11-11 11:16:49
Sowing the seeds for resident plots Hartlepool Today, UK - 22 hours ago A section of the allotment land is currently spare and the proposal is to bring it back to use by developing ten plots into a community garden and ...
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2008-11-10 16:28:26
BBC Berkshire Colin Evans Gardening Tips BBC Berkshire, UK - 10 Nov 2008 Get planting new varieties of sweet peas and cabbages for an easy-peasy garden that's fit for a king.
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2008-11-10 11:22:41
TV gardener helps plant ideas for Coventry school kids Coventry Telegraph, UK - 10 Nov 2008 The 44-year-old, who has scooped several awards at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show, showed the pupils how to get the best of their gardens by planting, ...
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2008-11-08 11:42:39
School to plant 960 trees North Devon Gazette & Advertiser, UK - 8 Nov 2008 Head of Biology Noah Shawcross, will supervise the planting of 960 native, broadleaved trees, which have been donated by the charity Tree Appeal.
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2008-11-06 13:03:32
Fall garden maintenance Examiner.com - 6 Nov 2008 Whatever your reasons for growing natives (low maintenance, attracting wildlife, keeping local biodiversity), know that many animals and insects rely on ...
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2008-10-25 03:28:06
All change in the garden ic Newcastle.co.uk, UK - 24 Oct 2008 ?As well as offering the superb views of the woodland and across the Derwent Valley, our residents can sometimes see the red kites from their patios.
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2008-10-16 13:57:50
Notts garden centre gets planning for greenbelt development Horticulture Week, UK - 16 Oct 2008 Pleydell Smithyman - Design and Business Consultants have worked with the local authority to ?bank' a number of planning permissions that have now been ...
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