The Garden Minute: Bees, Black Spot and Beach-Side Gardens
☀️ Good morning Gardeners. Need a little Monday Motivation? Here's a round up of gardenspiration to set you up for the week ahead.
✂️🌱 Curated Cuttings
A round-up of tips, tricks and news snippets on all things garden-related.
🌹 Gardening expert shares tip to stop black spot disease from infecting roses
🗑️ Absolutely wasted: the inner-city garden using food scraps to create top grade soil
🍓 Gardeners urged to make jam before Met Office's first 0C weather forecast
🍎 Gardener's urgent warning over rotting fruit in your garden - it could cost hundreds
🧘 Gardening is the celebrity wellness secret that everyone can—and should—try
A couple of garden offers for today…
Save £10 on the lavender collection at White Rose Herbs today.
Save up to 50% at Agriframes in their end of summer sale
☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break
Here a Bee, There a Bee, Everywhere a Wild Bee …
Biologists are finding new bee species all over the Pacific Northwest—highlighting how little we know about native pollinators.
Garden Offer: Save 50% on a selection of Tulip Bulbs at Annabelles bulbs. Use code tulip50.
Save £14 on the Cordyline Peko - circa 80cms tall at Gardening Express.
📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
Luke Newnes - @man_about_gardening
Got a ‘new build’ garden? You too can have country cottage vibes filled with foxgloves, dahlias and a beautiful Annabelle hydrangea hedge.
Luke’s garden is charming, welcoming and filled with delightful blooms. His positivity, tips, tricks and two gorgeous dachshunds keep us scrolling for hours on end.
Now save £100 on extra large log crates at UK Log Supplies
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 The Cornish cottage that comes with its own jungle and private beach
📍 Volunteers turn Wentworth Woodhouse’s drying green into a community veggie garden
📍 Tiny English campsite in a secret walled garden – right next to the UK’s best beach
Save 41% on the Clematis Snowfall (3 Litre) at Plants2Gardens
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Happy gardening! Jess x