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The First ‘Lawn Arranger’

By on November 13, 2011 in Articles

Water your lawn with whiskey and it will come up half cut but if you have half a mind to be a gardener it is all you need.

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Ecology of Water in the Garden

By on October 25, 2011 in Articles, Green Gardening

Water ecology from precipitation, importance, retention and problems caused by lack of water to one or two ideas to improve water access for your plants

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Air Filtering Plants for Home

By on October 13, 2011 in Articles, Green Gardening

Plants that filter the air or react with pollutants can make your home a better place to live in several well-being ways. Why do Homes Need Air Filtering Plants and what can be recommended to improve air quality

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Help With Plant Photography

By on October 12, 2011 in Articles

Photo A Please help with my plant photography! Which of these Hypericum – St Johns Wort photographs looks best and why. Photo B The West Yorkshire branch of the Alpine garden society had Peter Cordall as speaker on Saturday. The title of his talk was ‘Photography in the garden – garden landscapes to close-ups’. Whilst [...]

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Number of Species and Plant Classification

By on October 11, 2011 in Articles

Over 8 million species exist in our natural world and we keep cultivating or breeding new plant ‘varieties’ and hybridising to get new products and results. Classification and new plant protection is explained in simple terms with a biological classification chart and definitions.

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Best Crocus Buying & Cultivation Tips

By on September 20, 2011 in Books, Flowers and Plants

Popular crocus are easy to grow but do better if you follow these simple tips. In pots, beds, rockeries or naturalised in grass Crocus pay their way.

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Top Ten Plant Hunters

By on September 14, 2011 in Gardeners

Plant hunters from the last 3 centuries have some fascinating stories to inform modern gardeners

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Dangerous, Poisonous and Mind Altering Plants

By on September 4, 2011 in Books, Flowers and Plants

Many plants have dangerous components, leaves, seeds and roots. Some of the most dangerous must be grown under government license. Below are notes on just a few plants to avoid eating. Mandrake is one of the most poisonous plants that is known. The specimen above is grown under strict control with a fence around it. [...]

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Top 500 Gardening Books

By on August 6, 2011 in Books

420 gardening books on a data base plus more from libraries and you can add to the top 500 list.

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Welcome to the Compost Heap

By on August 5, 2011 in Articles

‘Welcome to a new blog of gardening tips and advice. Articles will vary from simple tip pages to more complex advice about different aspects of gardening.’ 5th April 2008   Update 5th August 2011 from Hortoris Over three and a half years we have ‘posted’ over 1600 pages and even more photographs, onto our hobby [...]

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