Grateful to Alan Titchmarsh on his Classic FM Sunday morning slot last week for 1. endorsing support for local nurseries who were having quite a tough time (again) with the weather and the late Spring we’ve been having 2. reminding us that despite the occasional lovely day, there can still be...
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Adopt a container in Bradford on Avon
Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon and Country Gate Gardens have adopted a container in Lamb Yard, Bradford on Avon and planted it with incredible edibles. We were pleased to donate some of the plants, (the Elan strawberries with a long fruiting season are ideal for this planter), and also to loan plants for...
Read moreGarden Pests – one of Simon Drew cards
I’m a great fan of Simon Drew cards and thought you might also enjoy this one. Here’s a link to his website ...
Read moreTomato Trials
We are trialling the basket tomato Losetto which is blight resistant at the Nursery this year. Nice image of it in Noel Kingsbury’s article in The Telegraph last year: We’re also trialling the tomato Black Russian as part of a “Gardening Which” trial....
Read moreOngoing colour in your garden
Many of the herbaceous perennial plants will give you ongoing colour year after year and are great for gifts that last. The pic is of a Narcissus ‘Sun Disc’ taken at the nursery last April....
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