⏰ The Garden Minute: Smallholdings, floral salads and Sissinghurst's stunning scenery
☀️ 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.
🌧️ Don’t let the rain put you off. Here’s three jobs you can do …
📦 The cardboard trick that could cut down on your weeding
🪞 Mirror, mirror, on the (garden) wall. Creative ways to add this decorative touch
🧤 The £3 gardening gloves that punch above their weight
🌺 Top tips from a pro gardener for growing gorgeous Dahlias
🥗 Flower salad, anyone? Edible blooms to bring your dishes to life
💬 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.
Today’s post is sponsored by Plant Drops. They have 4 plants on offer today including Lavender Hidcote in 1.5 litre pots.
☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break
In the 1930’s, Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson fell in love with Sissinghurst Castle and created a world-renowned garden. In this article from the House and Gardens archives, Vita talks about the long process to bring order to the chaos.
“One needs years of patience to make a garden; one needs deeply to love it, in order to endure that patience. One needs optimism and foresight.”
📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
If you’re looking to lose yourself in smallholding life, look no further than Sally Coulthard’s instagram account.
Here you’ll find tales of the Country Living columnist’s Yorkshire home, with regular animal, and author, updates, interspersed with Good Life inspiration.
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 The Bloomsbury Group: Britain's most stunning bohemian gardens
📍 The Diary of a Great Dixter volunteer.
📍 A tranquil spot for a picnic in Essex
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Happy gardening! Jess x
Not really a time saver but growing dahlia from seed for the first time has brought enormous pleasure and saved money when compared to buying tubers. My home grown plants are just starting to flower and every new bloom makes me happy 😁
Late reading this Garden Minute but, as always, hugely enjoyable. Many thanks.