Celebrities help add glamour to Malvern Autumn Show

Greenhouse enthusiasts were joined by celebrities such as Charlie Dimmock and Gino D'Acampo at the Malvern Autumn Show last weekend (September 24th and 25th). Over 60,000 visitors were expected at the two-day event which is held every year at the … [ Read More ]

Worcester school holds eco-day for all generations

Greenhouse enthusiasts of all ages in Worcester took part in the Grimley and Holt Primary CE School eco-day over the weekend (September 23rd) in order to help rejuvenate the school grounds. Grandparents joined their grandchildren to help encourage biodiversity by … [ Read More ]

Featured Blogger: Undercover With Bob Flowerdew

Undercover With Bob Flowerdew October 2011

You may not know the name and few grow this sumptuously perfumed greenhouse plant, which is odd as it is so gorgeously scented. Polianthes tuberosa bulbs are commercially available though strangely seldom sell many. Though heirloom varieties are known the … [ Read More ]

UK is home to many Japanese plants under threat in their native land

Greenhouse enthusiasts with a penchant for gathering plants from all around the world have ensured that the UK is now home to many Japanese species which are under threat in their native land, research suggests. Botanic Gardens Conservation International [BGCI] … [ Read More ]

Garden fundraiser garners money for cancer

Greenhouse enthusiasts in Bengeo, Hertfordshire, managed to raise thousands of pounds at a charity day for the Ellis Harriet Clark Foundation. The foundation was set up in 2008 in memory of 16-year-old Ellis Clark who died of bone cancer. The … [ Read More ]

Featured Blogger: John Walker

Bring me sunshine: the power behind renewable gardening

Using a greenhouse to grow your own food will make your garden greener and help trim your ‘ecological footprint’ – but only if you tap into the right kind of sunshine. My garden has become important to me in ways … [ Read More ]

Community garden set up to help the unemployed

A greenhouse enthusiast in Saffron Walden has set up a community garden in the region in order to help out the unemployed and people unable to work due to injury or illness. The Garden to Gain Job Skills programme, which … [ Read More ]

Autumn Cuttings

It’s such a spidery time of year now that I have had trouble finding spider-free pots for my cuttings. It doesn’t seem like the right time for cuttings, while everything is slowly but surely grinding to a halt. Perhaps it … [ Read More ]

Waitrose help kids to get growing

Hartley Botanic have teamed up with Waitrose to support the retailer’s Get Your Grown-ups Growing competition – part of the RHS Campaign for School Gardening – by making a Hartley Tradition 6 greenhouse the first prize in the contest, for … [ Read More ]

Gardening therapy could boost dementia care

People thinking of investing in greenhouses could be interested to hear that gardening could be used as an effective therapy tool for dementia patients. A growing number of experts have suggested that access to the outdoors and the ability to … [ Read More ]