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Seeds to Grow 2009

By on January 9, 2009 in Books, Flowers and Plants, Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs

This list of seeds were just delivered for 2009 from one of my seed suppliers and I have commented on why I selected them. I have another order in the pipe line as growing from seed is one of my personal favourite garden activities that also includes collecting books. Flowers Alyssum Carpet of Snow the [...]

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Rhododendron

By on December 24, 2008 in Books, Flowers and Plants, Shrubs and Trees

It is hard to know where to start with Rhododendrons and the 850+ species. Perhaps a good  book will help the beginner get an overview. Failing that there is membership of the RHS specialist section The Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia Group. www.rhodogroup-rhs.org/ This society controls ‘The International Rhododendron Register and Checklist’ of the named 29,000 [...]

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Hibiscus senensis

By on November 1, 2008 in Books, Flowers and Plants, House & Greenhouse plants

The flamboyant Hibiscus senensis is now readily available as a housplant from garden centres. This yellow flower was growing on an Italian road side. In a conservatory this evergreen is a neat rounded shrub. Good drainage and light are required for good flowering but plants can have a very long life. If you want to [...]

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Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932

By on August 5, 2008 in Books, Flowers and Plants, Garden Design

A pre war garden designer Gertrude Jekyll worked with architect Sir Edward Lutchens in the UK and North America. She wrote 12 books and many of her gardens have been preserved or re established from detailed plans that were left behind. She was interested in naturalistic planting and the Arts and crafts movement. Her name [...]

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Books you can’t buy from Amazon

By on July 19, 2008 in Books

These gardening books are just crying out to be written so we suggest some titles and authors. Do not smoke your grass by Mary Wana Turn your MP into Compost by Pete Substitute Money saving tips add up by Alice Summ Trollius, Yaks and other plant transportation by Dick van Bike

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1000 Gardens to Visit and other 1000′s

By on July 1, 2008 in Books

www.gardenerstips.co.uk/blog has now reached over 1000 tips on this blog. To celebrate this milestone I have looked for other notable 1000′s and have come up with the RHS Garden Finder. This publication advertises ‘More than 1,000 gardens to visit and enjoy‘ and is a weighty 500 page reference book edited by Charles Quest-Ritson. Available from [...]

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Organisations working to save gardens

By on June 30, 2008 in Books

In addition to the RHS here are some web links to organisations maintaining gardens or retaining documents relating to gardens include: Garden History Society (www.gardenhistorysociety.org Kew Gardens http://www.kew.org/library/ English Heritage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.2 Museum of Garden History (www.cix.co.uk/~museumgh/index.htm National Trust (www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/ UK Database of Historic Parks and Gardens (www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/database/index.htm Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) (www.scan.org.uk/ Association of Garden [...]

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What is NCCPG – National Plant Collection – Conservation

By on June 22, 2008 in Books, Gardening, Tips Hints and Ideas

National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens or NCCPG is a charity that manages the system of National Plant Collections. Amongst other activities its member receive  a biannual magazine Plant Heritage and information on conservation. http://www.nccpg.com/page.aspx?Page=1 The web site is informative and can help you locate where and when you can visit a [...]

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Future Gardens Design Competition

By on June 22, 2008 in Books, Garden Design

Win a bursary to design a garden at the Butterfly World site in St Albans. The design can be free format and has few boundaries so designers from all disciplines  can be considered. The gardens when built and opened in 2009 will be the successor to the International Festival of the Garden previously on show [...]

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