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Hydrangeas

GROWING HYDRANGEAS SUCCESSFULLY Covered with clouds of delicate blooms and infused with old fashioned charm and elegance, Hydrangeas are a sight to look forward to

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A Safe space for little Gardeners

Children explore and discover the world around them through their senses.  They gather information and understanding about their surroundings through touching, looking in wonder, smelling,

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Companion Planting

Companion Planting People need people – there are those we get along with and everybody is happy and thriving, but there are also those who

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Growing Strawberries

Growing Strawberries Growing strawberries is one of life’s most wonderful pleasures! Early to mid-autumn is the best time to plant strawberries, while early spring is strawberry

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Edible Hedges

Edible Hedges Hedges are handy things to cultivate as they serve so many purposes in the garden and there is no better time to plant

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Brassicas

Growing your own Brassicas Brassicas, in all their different forms and varieties, have come under the spotlight lately as a major player in health, diet

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Artemisia afra

Artemisia afra When the old folks said: “The worse the medicine tastes, the better it works”, they could well have been talking about wormwood.  It

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Growing your own Thyme

Apart from being the most attractive, aromatic and easy-to-grow herb, thyme is probably also the most used and abused plant in garden puns, none of

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Edible Flowers

Edible Flowers Spring has simply burst forth with a blast of colour and an abundance of blooms – what a festival of life and renewal! 

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Potatoes

Growing Potatoes The humble spud, native to South America, has been cultivated and eaten for centuries the world over.  It’s a capsule full of goodness,

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Basil

Basil Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is everybody’s must-have herb for so many reasons.  Nina Killham perfectly defines this flexible gardener’s and culinary favourite in her foodie

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Clivias

Clivias Botanical name  Clivia miniata Common name:  Bush Lily, Natal Lily, Boslelie(Afr.), umayime (Zulu) Clivias are indigenous must-haves for a shaded garden or a bed

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Lettuce

Growing Lettuce Lettuce has been around for many centuries – it was consumed by the Persian Kings as long ago as 550BC- and has really

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Peas

PLANTING PEAS Whether it’s for their pretty mauve flowers, the way their dainty tendrils curl around the trellis or the pleasure of cracking open their

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Deadheading

Deadheading You might think that we’re finally taking the French theme of our stunning Garden Show too far – what’s with all this “deadheading”?!  Deadheading

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Garlic

Growing Garlic Love it or hate it, Garlic has been used medicinally since 15BC and is now an indispensable ingredient in many cuisines. The planting

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Coriander

Coriander Coriandrum sativum, also known as coriander, cilantro or dhania (depending on where in the world you find yourself and which part of the plant

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Growing Berries

Growing Berries “Dynamite comes in small packages”, they say, and such is the case with berries.  These little fruits are just packed with vitamins, minerals,

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