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Whether you are downsizing and your new garden is a container garden, or you have the time at last to indulge in gardening for the first time in your life, Dawn Harding, our Garden Expert, will enlighten you.
She comes to us from Great Britain and is a passionate, self-trained garden designer who has studied famous gardens throughout Europe and America.
Renew Your Soil by Composting
You don’t have to be a really serious gardener in order to consider making your own compost; it’s extremely easy, saves money, and the difference it makes to your garden is exhilarating. More...
Out with the Old, In with the New
As you wander around your garden, enjoying your trees, shrubs, perennials, etc., you will notice some which have become leggy, straggly, woody, unkempt or diseased. It is the nature of such things at some point. Here's what to do. More...
A Woman of Vision
With the state of the environment high on the list of most people’s priorities these days, we ask what we can do, as individuals, to help to bring a balance to global warming and pollution. One woman stands out, far ahead of the rest of us. Many of you will have heard of Wangari Maathai, the strong, remarkable Kenyan visionary. More...
Shower your Garden with Love
Showering your garden with love is easy, right? You can trundle through the nursery, fill your trolley, bring a mass of plants home and put them into the ground. Easy... but what are you feeding them? Like us, they need food. "Well, there are all those boxes and cans of fertilizers and..." Yes, indeed there are, but let’s get down to basics...down to the soil itself. More...
The Plan that Keeps on Growing
At 50+, there are many reasons you could want to reinvent your garden. You may finally have the time to create that garden you’ve dreamed of; perhaps your once wonderful garden has suffered neglect and you’d like to spruce it up; maybe you’re bored with it and just want to make some changes; or, perhaps, you’ve relocated. More...
Spreading Your Wings
When I lived in Northern California, I belonged to a wonderful and hugely energetic garden club. Many of the members were exceptional gardeners and we were all able to draw upon one another’s expertise. We called ourselves ‘dirt gardeners’ because we liked to get our hands down in the dirt…. well, I admit to wearing gloves no matter what I’m doing in the garden, but we took the ‘hands on’ approach. More...
Involve the Children
Remember to invite children to garden with you. The first flower I ever became aware of was the nasturtium; I loved its vibrant colors and its adventurous spirit as it stretched and climbed, peeping through the trellis, embellishing the greenhouse and investigating the arched canes of the runner beans nearby. We used the tart leaves in sandwiches and salads for an added ‘bite’, adding the blossoms for decoration. Its peppercorn-sized seeds are perfect for chubby little hands to manage and many hundreds were planted, and I imagine that’s where my interest in gardening started. More...
Whimsy in the Garden
When you start to plan next year’s ‘look,’ as you salivate over all those bulb, seed and plant brochures with their irresistible pictures of promise, remember to give some thought to fun, mystery and intrigue to your garden as well. More...
