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With so much talk about climate change, the Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) has shown that the UK has experienced a fairly normal August. Its Weather Club recruited the help of garden and greenhouse experts around the country, who were among … [ Read More ]
A small Scottish island has been found to be of international importance in terms of the fungi it supports. According to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), a British Conservation Trust for Volunteers, NTS and Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh study into … [ Read More ]
Garden and greenhouse enthusiasts are being asked to check their birch trees for a fungus that is now thought to be more widespread than was originally believed. According to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the Hoof Fungus, otherwise known as … [ Read More ]
The measures put in place to protect native English species are not strong enough, it has been claimed. According to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), a new survey shows that the areas set aside for protecting wildlife are often too … [ Read More ]
Featured Blogger: Undercover With Bob Flowerdew
You may know of the giant water lily, Victoria regia /amazonica. The remarkably rigid structure of the leaves with their upturned rims and interlaced ribs makes these stiff enough to support a child. They gave Paxton his idea for the … [ Read More ]
Featured Blogger: Matthew Biggs Diary
One thing that seems to preoccupies us even more than ever, is the weather. Rather than global warming, we seem to be confronted by erratic weather patterns – more of a climate change. Several nights in October were the coldest … [ Read More ]
Featured Blogger: Jean Vernon
Apart from a few hard frosts so far the temperature hasn’t plummeted too far in my greenhouse. That means that the salads and herbs that are languishing in the protected environment of the glasshouse are still producing new leaves to … [ Read More ]
"Staying power" is one of the keys to becoming a successful gardener, TV personality and author Alan Titchmarsh believes.Speaking on BBC1's Breakfast programme, the former presenter of Gardeners' World said people often dabble in the garden and greenhouse but soon … [ Read More ]
The summer might be over and the rain starting to fall, but there are still plenty of jobs to be getting on with in the garden and greenhouse. Writing in the Daily Mail, Kate Melhuish said that planning should already … [ Read More ]
