Enthusing a new generation of gardeners
Ambassadors for gardening are setting out to enthuse a new generation with the joys of getting your hands dirty, with the aim of encouraging more young people to take up horticulture as a profession. A New Generation of Gardening Award-winning garden designer and Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost and young horticulturist Jamie Butterworth are on tour around the country, [...]
The National Allotment Society
The National Allotment Society (NAS) says it is ‘very disappointed’ about a High Court ruling to allow closure of an allotment site in Watford, near London, to make way for a health complex and housing. National Allotment Society Farm Terrace Allotments had become a landmark case in the fight to protect allotment sites from the pressure to build more [...]
The RHS needs garden photographers
The RHS is calling for keen amateur garden photographers to enter their best snaps in the RHS Photographic Competition, open until the end of February. Calling All Garden Photographers Among nine categories you can enter are one specifically for youngsters under the age of 18, and the Greening Grey Britain category to support the charity’s campaign to transform neglected [...]
This year’s autumn colour display
This year’s autumn colour display has been pronounced ‘beyond spectacular’ by one of the country’s leading autumn gardens, the Batsford Arboretum in Gloucestershire. Autumn Colour ‘The arboretum always colours well, but this year I’ve noticed certain individual trees that are looking beyond spectacular with intensely bright colour,’ said director of operations Stuart Priest. At Stourhead in Wiltshire, famous for [...]
Store your surplus maincrop carrots
Store your surplus maincrop carrots to keep them in good condition for eating later in winter. Store Carrots for Eating Later in Winter Seasoned veg growers sow two types of carrot: sweet, tender early carrots which mature in double- quick time to pull fresh and eat straight away, and slower-maturing maincrop varieties to harvest all at once in late [...]
Planting trees can cut urban air pollution
Planting trees can cut urban air pollution by up to 24% according to a new study by US think tank The Nature Conservancy. Planting Trees Researchers measured microscopic particles of pollution near trees and compared them to particulate counts in areas where there were no trees growing. They found levels were between 7% and 24% lower near trees. The study [...]