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Garden care company, Bayer Garden, is giving shoppers more for their money this season; up to 33% extra in the packs of Long Lasting Ground Clear, Super Strength Glyphosate and Path Weedkiller all of which use the company’s innovative Simple Soluble Sachet technology. Each ‘Extra Free’ pack gives gardeners the power to tackle weeds [...] The RHS is a one stop shop this Christmas with gift ideas to suit every garden lover and to fit every budget. Here are some green-fingered present ideas for the gardeners in your life: RHS Gift Membership A Christmas gift you can enjoy all year round. RHS gift membership includes free RHS Garden visits [...] The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) PlantforLife campaign nominates Penstemon as the Plant of the Month for June. HTA’s Horticultural Consultant, David Gilchrist comments: “The Plant of the Month campaign highlights the plants that are widely available and looking especially good in garden centres each month.” He adds: “British growers and retailers nominated and agreed upon Penstemon [...] Lavender is nominated as the Plant of the Month for May by the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) PlantforLife campaign. A popular garden plant whether in the border or grown in a container. Lavender is an easy herb to grow on its own or as a companion plant with roses or other plants of your [...] Garden Centres, the full circle? I had such a great experience on Saturday, I want to share it. But first to tell you I have a painting hanging in my utility room. The subject matter is a corner shop with a signboard over the door saying PARAFFIN – 62 – WICKES HARDWARE. Under [...] There are times when people who also own their companies tell me some terrible stories about customer behaviour. It makes me so thankful that our customers come from a really caring environment and who practise lifetime skills, bent on bringing an improvement to their own and other peoples’ lives. So, it is thank [...] This Thursday sees the publication of this months Gardening Which? magazine. If your not a subscriber then just follow the link here to sign up. Some of the highlights in this months edition are… Tasty tomatoes – Despite seed catalogues and garden centre shelves being crammed full of a bewildering array of tomatoes, many [...] Ceanothus is the Plant of the Month for April as nominated by the HTA’s PlantforLife campaign Ceanothus can be grown as a shrub or a small tree and there are both evergreen and deciduous species and cultivars to choose from. HTA’s David Gilchrist comments “Ceanothus are a very popular plant grown especially for their [...] Hebe has been nominated the Plant of the Month for March by the HTA’s PlantforLife campaign. A versatile evergreen shrub, Hebe is ideal for the amateur gardener as it is easy to keep healthy. This group of plants copes exceedingly well with the temperate British climate, with the smaller mound forming hebes tending to [...] |
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