The Garden Minute: Genetics, Garden Makeovers & the Global Cut Flower Trade
☀️ 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.
👨🌾 ‘I want to go with peat-free gardening: how can I do it?’
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🥀 Scientists identify the gene behind thorny roses and other prickly plants
🕷️ Keep spiders away from your home with these 6 plants
♻️ How to garden more sustainably
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☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break
‘The 4,000 mile flower delivery’
‘For more than 200 years, the heart of the global trade in cut flowers has been the Netherlands. The world’s largest global auction for flowers began, famously, in a pub. One trader turned to his peers and asked, how much?
The question was the start of the most dynamic and highly organised trading sites for flowers in the world. Now known as the Royal FloraHolland auction house at Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, the floor of a cavernous warehouse is home to a giant game of Tetris with living flower stems bustled about on trolleys, to be bought, sold and dispatched.’
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📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a ‘before and after’. I love seeing a project’s progress and when a garden gets transformed from unloved and neglected to ready to enjoy? Inspiring!
So I love these satisfying little videos from The Garden Butler. It might even encourage me to tackle the bits I’m putting off … maybe.
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 Gardening enthusiast left baffled by mystery object while tending to lawn
📍 New head gardener takes helm at historic Norwich garden
📍 Gardener's notebook: 'I went to find the secret SW1 onion garden'
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Happy gardening! Jess x