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Elly West explains the exponential benefits to dedicating part of your garden to growing cut flowers… There aren’t many people...
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As we spring into summer, we look forward to seeing our gardens thrumming with butterflies and bumblebees. Here, Lindy Booth...
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Expert opinion from Chris Yeo, Valuer at Clevedon Salerooms and regular expert on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow Whisper it, Summer might be here. It seems that as soon as the chimes of the first ice cream van are heard, our thoughts inevitably turn to the outdoors and the garden – or...
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Bristol author, editor and renowned garden writer, Cinead McTernan, has worked in horticulture for nearly 15 years. On 31 March,...
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Attractive front gardens have a multitude of benefits, says Rupert Oliver of Rupert Oliver Property Agents, from improving our mental...
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Summer is coming on leaps and bounds at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden and can still be enjoyed from your own armchair. By Alice Maltby Like the best of the ripping yarns from the “Boys Own” magazines of old, intrepid plant explorers risked life and limb to bring back...
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The world is still turning and plants keep on growing, says Elly West, bringing hope and comfort in these uncertain...
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Plants in containers feel somehow more manageable, especially if you’re new to gardening, says Elly West, and a carefully thought-out...
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Make your 2020 garden the best yet with Elly West’s month-by-month task planner While it’s generally a quiet and contemplative month in the garden, January signals the start of another year and for that reason it also holds excitement and promise. No two years are the same, and you can...
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They’re called feathered friends for a reason, says Elly West. This month our gardening columnist is urging us to do...
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Seasonal advice from the Berwick Lodge gardener Lawn careIt’s important to aerate the lawn at this time of year. After...
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England may not be the first place we think of when it comes to wine production says Elly West, but tucked away in Redhill, south of Bristol, is a thriving vineyard producing around 30,000 bottles in a good year. And it’s not alone… There are an estimated 500 vineyards in...
