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1: Give the Gardening Gift This Season

Trying to think of the perfect holiday gift for that special someone on your list? Gardening and lawn care accessories make great gift ideas for the holidays, and in the spirit of the season, here are...

By: ARA

2: How To Have A Great Shade Garden

First of all you obviously need shade and good soil that contains organic materials. If your soil is too sandy it will drain water too quickly drying the plants out. Add compost or manure if you ne...

By: Paula Lowry

3: DIY Gardening - Is It Advisable?

If you have a green thumb, then you are probably thinking about doing some DIY gardening. Whether it’s preparing the perfectly landscaped lawn or growing some vegetables, gardening is a fun a...

By: Steven Briesemeister

4: Basic Orchid Growing Tips

Orchids are beautiful flowers that have an amazing effect on people, there is a time in the year that you can feel that orchids are attracting more attention, they are out on florists windows and p...

By: Daniel Roshard

5: Designing your Garden

Gardening is a science. It’s about working with the elements of nature to create an artistic expression of yourself around your home. There are many reasons to have a garden. For many of us, ...

By: Gentry Ellis

6: Everybody Can Garden with Containers

Container gardening is fantastic. On its own, a terracotta pot is just a container and summer bedding is just some plants. However, selectively plant the summer bedding in the container, add a few ...

By: James Kilkelly

7: Do You Feed the Birds in your Garden?

Putting a bird feeder in your garden is a very kind thing to do. It is getting harder and harder for birds to find food in urban areas – not only in winter, but all year round – and so ...

By: John Gibb

8: How To Spruce Up Your Garden Decor

Fabulous backyards are all the rage now. From ornate concrete fountains, bubbling fish ponds, garden bridges, and cedar arbors, the current garden decor trends emphasize natural materials. Even the...

By: Dee Marie

9: How to Build a Green-house

As with garden sheds, there are two ways to build a greenhouse: you can either buy the sheets of glass and the frame and do it yourself, or you can hire a professional. However, building a greenhou...

By: John Gibb

10: Gardening Facts

Gardening can be described as an art in which plants are grown for the purpose of creating an impressive landscape. Gardening can take place at a private home, or it can be used at public buildings...

By: Michael Colucci

The Basics of Rose Gardens

There are two main classes of roses: Bush roses and climbing roses. These two classifications are based entirely on tendencies of growth. Bush roses grow from 1 foot to 6 feet in height and require no support. Climbing ros...

By: Elizabeth Passage

Rose Gardening

A rose is said to be a symbol of love. For generations, the rose has been the most popular flower known not only for its beauty for the significance it holds. There are so many varieties and different colors of roses. Rose...

By: Jeffrey Meier

Tree Pruning Tips

TREE PRUNING TIPSThere are two kinds of winter gardening. The first method usually starts in January as the gardening catalogs begin to arrive in the mail. This type of gardening is as easy as sitting in your favorit...

By: Michael McGroarty

Measuring a tree the same height as eight double decker buses is no easy task but not one the National Trust has shied away from.

A favorite florist can be hard to find. Arrangements can be costly, and if the flowers wilt quickly or the delivery misses the mark, it might not seem worth the money.

Collections by Aylesbury Vale District Council will start in April in some areas and will be extended to others later in the year.