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Category: Therapeutic Gardening

Open Gardens
Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Summer Bedding Plants / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Young Gardeners
  • 10th August 2016
  • 3 mins
Tagged advice, community, day out, garden, inspiration

Open Gardens

Open Gardens This is the first year we have opened our gardens for the whole world to see, and I can tell […]

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Gardening Jobs for March
Annuals / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Propagation / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 1st March 2015
  • 5 mins
Tagged aid water retention, Ammi majus, annual poppys, apricots, aubergines

Gardening Jobs for March

Gardening Jobs for March It’s officially spring! Already were itching to get out on the warmer days to sow our seeds, and […]

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Wildlife Friendly Gardening
City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 27th February 2015
  • 13 mins

Wildlife Friendly Gardening

Wildlife Friendly Gardening Isn’t most gardening wildlife friendly? Surely having a green space is better than concrete for wildlife? Yes, but there […]

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1st Birthday of ECG
City Garden / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 20th February 2015
  • 4 mins
Tagged birds, Birmingham City Centre, bulbs, children, cottage garden

1st Birthday of ECG

1st Birthday of English Country Gardener (ECG) I can hardly believe it has been a whole year since I began the English Country […]

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Gardening Jobs for February
Bulbs / City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Propagation / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 9th February 2015
  • 3 mins
Tagged beech, bird feeders, blood fish and bone, broad beans, Carpinus betulus

Gardening Jobs for February

Gardening Jobs for February February is right on the edge of spring, things are starting to appear in the garden, we already […]

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Growing Vegetables in 2015
Annuals / City Garden / Container Plants / Herbs / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Therapeutic Gardening / Young Gardeners
  • 28th January 2015
  • 9 mins
Tagged Beetroot - Boltardy, Broad Bean - The Sutton, Broccoli - Early Purple Sprouting, Brussel Sprout - Evesham Special, Carol Klein

Growing Vegetables in 2015

Growing Vegetables in 2015 There is nothing quiet like growing your own vegetables and eating them. We recently started an annual vegetable competition with […]

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The Best Winter Plants
Acid Loving Plants / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Perennials / Shrubs / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest
  • 16th December 2014
  • 12 mins
Tagged Achillea, Aesculus hippocastanum, Asparagus, Asplenium scolopendrium, autumn

The Best Winter Plants

The Best Winter Plants Its a common misconception that all gardens go into hibernation come the winter, as all plants either die […]

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Growing My Dream English Garden One Petal at a Time
Container Plants / Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Spring Interest / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest
  • 10th November 2014
  • 2 mins

Growing My Dream English Garden One Petal at a Time

Growing My Dream English Garden One Petal at a Time We have been in our little cottage and garden now for just […]

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Cottage Gardening
Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Pruning / Shrubs / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 25th September 2014
  • 3 mins
Tagged apple tree, borders, crab apple tree, garden gate, gooseberry bush

Cottage Gardening

Cottage Gardening Its finally happened we have moved into our little cottage with its gorgeous mature garden. Its filled with all sorts […]

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Gardening for the under 30s
Annuals / City Garden / Climbers / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest / Young Gardeners
  • 19th August 2014
  • 11 mins
Tagged Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert', annual, Astrantia major, bric a brack, bulbs

Gardening for the under 30s

Gardening for the under 30s Gardening over the years has developed a persona for being an older persons hobby, to be honest […]

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Jobs to do in October
Pumpkins, Apples and Autumn
Open Gardens
Pet Friendly Gardens
Jobs for August
Going on Holiday
News From A Cottage Garden

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