The Garden Minute: Tresspassing, Tours, Tips and Tricks
☀️ Good morning Gardeners. And welcome to a new year! 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.
❄️ 7 winter gardening myths debunked
🐀 Rats will stay out of gardens with one simple plant trick
👨🌾 8 garden jobs to do in January before it is too late – from mulching to bare-root planting
🌱 5 plants you shouldn't prune in January, according to gardening experts
⛔ Gardeners issued urgent alert if they grow rhubarb in their garden
☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break
Trespassing For The Common Good
In England, a movement is growing to defy enclosure by trespassing on private land. These transgressions aim to model a more democratic relationship with nature.
📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
Jenny Huddart
Jenny worked in TV media research before transitioning into gardening. Since then she has built an impressive CV, having spent time at Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, The Small Holding and Sarah Raven's Perch Hill. In 2024, she was appointed Head Gardener at Water Lane, a Victorian walled garden in Kent. The two-acre site is a long-term restoration project, led by custodians Ian James and Nick Selby, who are slowly bringing back the garden to its original purpose of growing fruit and vegetables.
Instagram @gardener_jen
waterlane.net
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 Beautiful stately home near Liverpool opening its garden for free this winter
📍 G&T to Gravetye and ‘the David Attenborough of garden visiting’: The Garden tours to book in 2025
📍 A Victorian garden where everything is as big as possible...
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Happy gardening! Jess x