The Garden Minute ⏰: Monday 18 March 2024
☀️Good morning Gardeners. Here is today's gardening round up :)
At Parsonage Oasts in Kent, there's a sense of continuity in this timeless spring garden.
In a picture-postcard view of Parsonage Oasts, from the towpath on the opposite bank of the River Medway at Yalding, the four, square, cowl-topped ‘towers’ and the ruggedly defensive stone and brick walls, softened only by a magnificent overhanging specimen of Magnolia x soulangeana, can seem formidable. The English Garden.
Top Four Low-Maintenance Hedges. Sarah Raven outlines her favourites for garden hedging and explains how to care for them. Amateur Gardening.
How AI gardening has 'already started' and how it will change our green spaces
With robot lawnmowers and vertical farming among the wilder ideas AI predicts for the future, gardening expert David Domoney shares his opinions. The Mirror.
How to grow Blackcurrants. Grow Fruit and Veg Magazine.
The Guardian view on genteel protest: don’t put a price on the peaceful enjoyment of England’s green fields
How to Design a Garden: A Guide to Designing Your Dream Garden. Fancy learning how to design a garden? This guide is going to take you step by step through the stages of planning and designing a fabulous garden. I've designed hundreds of gardens and am sharing my top 10 tips. Whilst other garden design guides give you wishy washy advice or endless options, this guide gives clear and concise advice on how to design a garden. Grab a pad and pen and let's design! Garden Ninja.
Chicory and endive: The bittersweet plants as versatile as they are punchy
Chicory (Cichorium intybus) and endive (Cichorium endivia) are closely related bitter leaves that I wouldn’t be without. Think of them as the olives of the salad world. Our sweetened palates make them an acquired taste for some — we are programmed to read bitterness as dangerous — but, once bitter clicks, it can become a real favourite. Country Life.
19 spring and Easter wreaths to adorn your door
Step into spring with these beautiful floral designs. Country Living.
Mystery of abandoned Mayan lost cities deepens with plant discovery. Yahoo News.
Sissinghurst head gardener Troy Scott Smith on his vision for the garden
In 1930, the writer Vita Sackville-West and her diplomat husband Harold Nicolson bought an old farm in Kent and set about creating a garden that has become one of the best loved and most visited in the world. In the lead-up to the garden's centenary in 2030, head gardener Troy Scott Smith muses on the garden's enduring appeal - and outlines his vision for the garden. Gardens Illustrated.
The rise of giant redwoods in the UK, and where to see them
Although often associated with America, an astonishing half a million giant sequoias are thriving in Britain’s parks and gardens. Daily Telegraph. Subscription may be required.
HMP Eastwood Park first prison given National Plant Collection status
A PRISON near Thornbury has been named as the first in the UK to receive a new accolade after protecting and looking after a rare flower species.
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