Gardening snippets - August 2009
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National Trust launches ‘Window Food’ campaign to turn 600 acres of urban window ledges into vertical vegetable gardens

A new National Trust initiative launches today to challenge urbanites to transform their window sills into beautiful, tasty vegetable gardens. People living in the UK’s five million flats have the biggest challenge when it comes to finding space to grow food at home, but there are over... More...




Traditional Gardening Techniques

£6.99 www.dancingbee.com  Each garden is different and each Head Gardener has different methods and means of applying his knowledge. Whether it is sowing times or the right time to clip a hedge in a particular garden, the more we delve into the UK´s famous... More...




London Transport Museum celebrates the glory of the garden in Suburbia

15 October 2009 to 31 March 2010. London Transport Museum celebrates the glory of the suburban garden as part of its next major exhibition, Suburbia. Opening on 15 October 2009, Suburbia will explore how public transport helped to create the myths and identity of suburbia and... More...




Floral exhibits turn to gold at the RHS Show Tatton Park

Exhibitors at this year’s RHS Show Tatton Park (22-26 July 2009) had the Midas touch with 61 RHS Gold medals having been awarded across all categories. A 20-year-old garden design student from Northwich was the recipient of the first RHS Gold medal awarded in a regional Young Designer of the... More...




RHS looks to the designers of the future

Launch of National Search for young designer of the year 2010. Lee Belgrau, a 20-year-old garden design student from Northwich, has been awarded an RHS Gold medal in the Tatton Park Young Designer of the Year Competition at the RHS Show Tatton Park, Cheshire. This year’s... More...

  





 
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