Color on the Mountain
Bee Appy
‘There are 23 bumblebee species in Britain and Ireland. They play an increasingly appreciated role as pollinators and indicators of habitat diversity. Now for the first time there is an app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that provides a comprehensive resource to help identify bumblebees in the field and for learning all about them….’
Click on the link for more information
Old School Gardener
Seed Bombs – all you wanted to know…
A neat description of the various kinds of seed bomb in use by ‘Guerilla Gardeners’- why not get some or make your own to lay siege to that unattractive piece of wasteland at the end of the road?
Old School Gardener
Community Food Growing in a Garden City – New project
‘Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation and the RHS are joining forces in an innovative community-focused programme to create three new sustainable green spaces in the heart of the town.
It is hoped that the project will ultimately be used as a model for how communities, especially those in low-income areas, can best utilise their public green space for food production and to create affordable and attractive areas, which are a benefit to local wildlife as well as the community…..’
Click on link above for more info.
Old School Gardener
7 Ways to Save Our Soil
‘It takes as much as 500 years for topsoil to grow by 2cm so we need to grow our soils through innovative management techniques….’
Interesting article focused on agriculture, but with useful ideas for the home grower. By Louise Payton, Policy Officer at the Soil Association.
Old School Gardener
Gold for Norfolk Master Composters
‘Getting their hands dirty – and encouraging others to do the same – has paid off handsomely for Norfolk’s Master Composters who have won a national golden Green Apple Award for helping to stop thousands of tonnes of waste from being landfilled in Norfolk….’
Garden Museum: Visits Programme 2014
New programme just announced!
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Suffolk Study Day with Tom Hoblyn – Re-Scheduled for Spring 2014
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A Garden of Surprises at Burghley House, 12/03/14
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Design Study Day with Cleve West, 07/04/14
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Syde and Frampton Manor Gardens and Pan Global Plants, 25/06/14
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Longstock Park Water Garden & Houghton Lodge, Hants, 14/05/14
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Walking London Squares with Todd-Longstaffe-Gowan, 22/05/14
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Traditional Splendour in Cambridgeshire gardens, 05/06/14
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The Old Rectory with Dan Pearson and Rockcliffe House, Glouc,02/07/14
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