The Garden Minute: Butterflies, Botanical Prints & A Gardener called Ben
☀️ 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.
📦 Never throw away cardboard – expert says it's 'vital' to boost your garden
☠️ 5 poisonous perennials every gardener should know about
Plant Offer: 99 plant varieties are available from Plant Drops today. All are 3 x 9cm plants for £10.99! So just £3.66 a plant.
☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break
It sounds like a secret spy agency, but the Florilegium Society is actually a part of one of London’s oldest botanical gardens and they’re on an ambitious quest to record 5,000 plants.
📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
Based in Sheffield, Ben Cartwright is an allotment gardens sharing the trials, tribulations and triumphs of his gardening journey, with a touch of humour
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 Guildford in Bloom competition returns with butterfly theme
📍 Lord Bath submits plans for new private garden at Longleat
📍 King Charles to unveil Balmoral Castle garden redesign – featuring a thistle maze
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Happy gardening! Jess x