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The New BUZZ In Organic Gardening

The New BUZZ In Organic Gardening

Pollination is as important to gardeners as it is to farmers and commercial growers, without it fruit and vegetables do not set and yields are reduced.

Bees are the most important pollinating insect and their decline in numbers has been widely reported recently. Historically the only answer for a gardener has been to plant bee friendly plants or flowers to help attract the many different bee species.

But that is about to change with the introduction of Harrod Horticultural’s exclusive new product range – Beepol. Beepol is set to be the bee’s knees – enabling gardeners to have their own working Bumble Bee colony!

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Create Extra Space In Your Home Without Moving

 Create Extra Space In Your Home Without Moving

As the family grows and our possessions increase, we all strive to make the best of the space we have with clever storage solutions.

But unless you’re lucky enough to already have all the bedroom and living space you need, there will undoubtedly come a time when you need to consider upsizing to accommodate your needs.

But it needn’t mean a costly extension or stressful move – a garden building could be the answer to your prayers.

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Get Your Garden Organised This Spring

 Get Your Garden Organised This Spring

For the garden enthusiast, planning your garden for the forthcoming season, or for many years to come, is one of the most interesting and rewarding parts of the gardening year.

Gifts from Handpicked have two beautiful garden planners, which would make perfect gifts for any budding gardeners:

The Practical Garden Planner is designed to grow with the garden, with a colourful loose-leaf section and storage pockets,

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Award-Winning Gardener’s Exciting Border Design Service

 Award-Winning Gardener’s New Border Design Service

An expert garden designer has launched a new service offering gardeners the chance to create their very own award-winning borders.

Philippa Pearson, whose design and planting skills have been scrutinised by and rewarded with medals from Royal Horticultural Society judges over the last five years, is offering a tailor made, affordable border design service that takes into account your specific gardening conditions: An online form outlining the needs and requirements for the border is the basis for Philippa to create a unique hand drawn colour border design, using plants suited to the soil, site conditions and the garden owner’s personal design wishes. A shopping list is provided, specifying which plants to buy, and how many, plus a useful plant maintenance schedule, to help with caring for the border throughout the seasons is also part of the service. The specialist on-line garden store Crocus has teamed up with Philippa, to offer a 10% discount off plants for the new border. The choice of top garden designers, Crocus have grown and supplied plants for Philippa’s own award winning show gardens.

“I think all gardeners face times when they would appreciate some expert advice and knowledge,” explains Philippa.

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Beat the Snow This Winter With the Award-Winning ‘Snow Wovel’

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Last winters heavy snow fall saw millions of UK households unable to clear their paths and driveways for many days and even weeks.

Apart from the immense inconvenience caused, the snow was also directly responsible for a record number of falls and accidents.

Now, as meteorologists predict another winter in which high levels of snow are likely, the UK launch of an innovative and award-winning snow shovel, the ‘Sno Wovel’ comes as a timely godsend.

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Windowgrow – Get More From Small Spaces

 Windowgrow – Get More From Small Spaces

Get more from your patio or windowsill with the Windowgrow planter, which keeps chillies, salad, herbs and micro greens perfectly watered for up to 2 weeks.
The Windowgrow ensures a constant supply of water without sitting plants in water, so plants grow stronger, healthier and faster.

It’s difficult to keep plants in pots in tip-top condition, especially on a windowsill or patio, but this low maintenance planter keeps plants in the best of health thanks to the Windowgrow’s SmartMats, which link the compost to a reservoir, delivering water when and where plants need it without standing them in water.

The removable lid, which keeps compost warm, means it’s a propagator and planter in one, so you can sow seeds directly into the Windowgrow and get them off to the best possible start.

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Trees Direct Sends Trees As Gifts

 Trees Direct Sends Trees As Gifts

Trees Direct specialise in sending trees as gifts and offer an attractive choice providing a beautiful, balanced and useful collection.

All are chosen for their colour, blossom, shape and size, to suit all types of garden and patios and are also helpful to wildlife and the environment.

The idea for Trees Direct was started around the family dining table in 1999, when they decided they could create a business and also help the environment.

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No More Holiday Watering Woes

 No More Holiday Watering Woes

Summer is upon us, which means gardeners are struggling to strike the fine balance between under-watering and over-watering and wondering who they should get to provide holiday watering cover.

Help is at hand as a company has set up a helpline to provide free watering advice and developed a range of innovative holiday-proof watering products.

Lancashire-based gardening products retailer and manufacturer, Greenhouse Sensation has set up a free ‘Gardening Angel’ phone and email advice service, to answer watering related questions.
According to Gardening Angels, most people know that it is important to ensure plants are not under-watered, because they need water in order to transport nutrients to all parts of a plant, but most people don’t realise that it is just as damaging to over-water.

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Haddonstone Opens Show Gardens For National Garden Scheme.

 Haddonstone Opens Show Gardens For National Garden Scheme.

Haddonstone, the leading UK manufacturer of fine cast stone garden and landscape ornaments, is opening its acclaimed show gardens as part of the National Garden Scheme’s Yellow Book for the first time ever.

The show gardens, located in the picturesque village of East Haddon, near Northampton, will be open on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September, giving visitors a rare opportunity to view the gardens at a weekend; they are usually only open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm (except Christmas and Bank Holidays).

Visitors to the show gardens will be able to see Haddonstone’s impressive collection of planters, fountains, statuary, bird baths, sundials and follies ~ all in a fabulous setting.

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Micro Irrigation Products New From Darlac

 Micro Irrigation Products New From Darlac

Darlac always aims to offer the best for your garden and now their new range of micro irrigation products offers the best for your pots and baskets too.

With a micro irrigation kit you can water between one and five pots or hanging baskets from an individual outlet.

Each of the five sprinklers can be adjusted to suit the various requirements of different plants, and combined with one of Darlac’s electronic timers you can save yourself the daily chore of hand watering.

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