The Garden Minute ⏰: Monday 24 June 2024
☀️ 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.
✂️ Plants you shouldn’t deadhead? Here’s 10 to know about
🚰 When’s the best time of day to water your plants this summer? Not the morning, apparently …
🛸 What is ‘Horti-Futurism’ and why is it the next modern gardening trend?
🌿 Do these tasks now to save yourself garden hassle later in the year
🍅 Bigger, juicier tomatoes? Yes please! All it takes is one cheap kitchen scrap …
🌱 Weird weather impacting your garden? It might be time to try ‘ditch plants’
🥾 Get your kicks with The English Garden’s list of best gardening shoes
☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break
Despite their exposed position, the gardens of Dunvegan Castle, home of Clan MacLeod for 800 years, have nurtured an important historic collection of species from around the world and are now going from strength to strength.
Let’s explore The gardens at Dunvegan Castle
📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
What constitutes a ‘middle-sized garden’? According to this YouTuber, “A middle-sized garden is one that feels too big when you’re weeding it.
But it’s definitely too small when you want to add a greenhouse, shed, eating area or even just another enticing plant.”
Hosted by a journalist and author with a 100ft x 80ft walled garden of her own, The Middle-Sized Garden channel is full of useful advice, interviews and inspiration.
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 Explore a different kind of sensory garden in Yorkshire
📍 Cornish hospice builds tranquil garden thanks to kind doner
📍 The World’s smelliest plant goes into bloom at Kew Gardens
📍 What’s on offer in Worcestershire? Here’s some of the best gardens to explore📍
💬 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. 👇
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Happy gardening! Jess x