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Archive for 14/02/2015

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  Nigel Boldero aka 'Old School Gardener'

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  • 12 tips to save time in the garden (12)
  • A musing: odd thoughts (21)
  • A Select Vietnamese flora (3)
  • A-Z of Garden Trees (23)
  • A-Z of Perennials (26)
  • Aussie Greens- gardens, parks and open spaces visited in trips to Australia (2)
  • Blickling Hall- rebirth of the Walled Garden (88)
  • Blogging (13)
  • Climate change and gardening (68)
  • Community Gardening (114)
  • Dear Walter – letters/info from Old School Garden (80)
  • Design (394)
  • Design My Garden – Tips to improve your plot (12)
  • Eat Me: guides to growing and using food plants (5)
  • Feature plants (189)
  • Floral Roundabouts (4)
  • Four Seasons in One Day- series on climate change and gardening (5)
  • Gardening and Gardeners: historical snapshots (42)
  • Gardening equipment and tools (67)
  • Gardening techniques (392)
  • Gardening Therapy (3)
  • GQT: your gardening queries answered (43)
  • Great Gardens (179)
  • Great Gardens: Scotland 2016 (6)
  • Grow your own food (156)
  • Growing Children- series on school gardening (7)
  • Haveringland Churchyard (1)
  • Health (14)
  • Hebridean Hop- a tour of some Scottish isles (4)
  • Heritage Gardens & gardening (285)
  • Historic landscapes (129)
  • John Evelyn's Monthly in the Garden (12)
  • Local Food (20)
  • Monthly Top ten gardening tips (12)
  • Mrs. Murphy's Laws of Gardening (14)
  • Norfolk in poetry- Jack Kett (13)
  • Open Spaces (54)
  • Over My Head- looking up at architectural detailing (8)
  • Permaculture and sustainability (8)
  • Pests and diseases (28)
  • PicPosts- great photographs (811)
  • Plantax- the stories behind plant names (21)
  • Planting Patterns- wow factor pictures (41)
  • Play (205)
  • Playful Landscapes- examples (9)
  • Portuguese Gardens (31)
  • Power of 7- tips (24)
  • Recycling projects (110)
  • School and childrens' Gardening (81)
  • Soils and soil improvement (62)
  • Style Counsel: snippets on garden styles (13)
  • The Essence of Gardening in 12 Objects (12)
  • This and that (1,434)
  • West Country Gardens (24)
  • Wildlife and Nature (419)

• Recent Posts

  • The generosity of cork oaks — Salt of Portugal
  • The Great Hydrangea Experiment — Nitty Gritty Dirt Man
  • Woodland enterprise — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
  • The Treasury Hotel, Brisbane — TIME GENTS
  • Making Way for World Children’s Day — PlayGroundology
  • Multiply by Waugh Thistleton Architects wins Wood Award — Specifier Review
  • GrowHaus, the Farm in a City — gardeninacity
  • Seasonal Visits to two very Different Gardens – Bodnant Gardens — greenbenchramblings
  • December in the Garden: Top 10 Tips
  • ECP Monson: A Thoughtful and Proudly Municipal Architect — Municipal Dreams
  • Jekka’s tips on maintaining, growing and caring for your herb plants in autumn & early winter — Jekka’s – Jekkas Blog
  • The Sussex Weald: autumn crashes into view — Daniel Greenwood
  • Take Off!
  • SCHOOL ALLOTMENTS FOR ALL!
  • Six on Saturday: the First and the Last — Rambling in the Garden
  • Convento do Espinheiro
  • With Mobility there is Freedom and Adventure
  • Mapping Pre-First World War Council Housing
  • Pembrokeshire Coast and Gardens – a week away in June -Part 1 – Cae Hir
  • Six on Saturday: 70 Days of Sculpture for RHS Harlow Carr’s 70th — Rambling in the Garden
  • Leaving a mark — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
  • Garden Arches, Vertical Gardening for More Growing Area in Small Spaces — Deep Green Permaculture
  • Council Housing in Gateshead, part II post-1945: ‘The world has moved on’ — Municipal Dreams
  • The Dão wine region — Salt of Portugal
  • Council Housing in Winchester – Part I to 1939: ‘these houses will be the most sought after in Winchester’ — Municipal Dreams
  • Food Glorious Food! — How I Killed Betty!
  • Good News for Shady Gardens — gardeninacity
  • seasonal visits to two very different gardens – mid-summer at Wildegoose nursery and gardens — greenbenchramblings
  • A Critical Eye, Part 1: Some Positives — Rambling in the Garden
  • News from the Archives: The Political Life of John Nettlefold, 1901-6 — Winterbourne House and Garden
  • Time to Play
  • Wisteria at Plea
  • Shared from WordPress
  • Come and see Old School Garden…
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  • Kelpies
  • Spring Purple
  • Time to Play
  • The Airplot Files — The Unconventional Gardener
  • June in the Garden: Top 10 Tips
  • Changing climate = a changing view of the British & Irish garden — Official blog of the Met Office news team
  • Can Green Roofs Reduce Storm Water Run-off? — Specifier Review
  • A Near-Miss in my Search for the Perfect Watering Can — GardenRant
  • Short Meditation on Play — PlayGroundology
  • 6 Essential Tips for Container Gardening — PushUP24
  • Winging It! — Shine A Light
  • Testing the water — Specifier Review
  • Divine Devon…
  • Spring Miscellany: Tulips, Orioles, Lenten Roses, and Daffodils — gardeninacity
  • May in the Garden- Top 10 Tips

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