The Garden Minute: Fresh Produce, Organic Farms and Free Plants
☀️ 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.
🧼 Need to declutter your garden? Here’s where to start
🌺 7 low-maintenance border plants for an easy beautiful garden
📦 ‘Genius’ cardboard garden hack will mean you don’t have to weed all summer
🌱 How to collect and save seeds from your garden for free plants next summer
🍄 Stop mushrooms growing in your lawn with 'simple but effective' gardening trick
🪷 The year of the umbellifer: the glorious plant jesters thriving in the summer rain
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💬 Your tips & tricks
The little tips, tricks, and timesavers you use in your garden.
Perhaps you’ve found a new use for something old. Perhaps you accidently stumbled on something that’s saved you HOURS on a gardening task. Whatever it is that you now can’t live without in your garden, we’d love to hear about it. Drop us a comment.
☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms pairs adventure-seeking volunteers with working farms to teach people about sustainability. But when a farm becomes a vacation spot, can meaningful connections really happen?
📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
Want some inspiration to help you grow your own food? Give Marfs Kitchen Garden a follow.
Martha Swales’ account is bursting with tips and tricks for growing, harvesting and devouring fresh produce.
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📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 HTA Design reveals proposals for Queen Elizabeth II memorial garden
📍 The secret garden once a 'derelict dump' in central London you need to visit
📍 The unassuming Kent garden near Dover turned into stunning mini-rainforest
⏰ Thank you for reading The Garden Minute. What would you like to see more of? Drop us your feedback so we can keep on giving you what you love most.
Happy gardening! Jess x