The Bury Lane Glasshouses are open on Saturday 6th September 10am-4pm and Sunday 7th September 11am-4pm This is THE experience of the year for plant lovers, tour the vast glasshouses, full of sustainably grown houseplants, and see for yourself the state-of-the-art lighting, heating and watering methods used. Plants are available to buy at greatly reduced […]
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From side hustle to dream job: How I built my garden business during COVID When the world shut down in 2020, I found myself reassessing everything – my career path, and what truly mattered. At the time, I was working nights as a Butchery manager, commuting to London for a demanding role that left little
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Allotment Talk Royston Allotments and Gardens Association (RAGA) is inviting people to join them for a special guest speaker this month. Matt Oliver is Head Gardener at Ulting Wick, exhibition dahlia grower, groundsman for Purleigh Cricket Club, and an all round horticultural expert. He’ll be delivering a fascinating talk on how to grow unusual and
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Wildflowers in Royston thanks to environmental resident… Thanks to a local student, there are around half a dozen new wildflower beds currently looking gorgeous in Royston. Abbie Robinson, who’s studying Environmental Science at university, contacted the council to see if we could introduce more patches of wildflowers in Royston to help support bees and other
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Royston Allotments Open Day… Royston Allotments is opening the gates for its annual Open Day on Sunday 13th August, from 11am to 2pm. Entry is free and everyone is welcome. Talk to the plot holders for advice and tips on growing your own fruit and vegetables, and take a look around the allotments for ideas
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Make the most of your outdoor space… Melanie offers a wide range of services from one-off consultations, enhancing your existing planting schemes, re-shaping and creating new planting areas – to full designs including site survey, masterplan and CAD drawings. Working closely with her customers to draw out the full potential of your garden, whatever the
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Royston Community Garden In partnership with Royston Environmental Group, is holding a Garden party on Saturday 15th July between 2-4pm. We would like to invite people along to see how the garden is run and encourage new volunteers interested in gardening to join us. There will be a range of activities for children to participate
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North Herts District Council (NHDC) is inviting people who live in North Hertfordshire to let them know if they would like to receive a free tree. Up to 10,000 tree saplings will be given away to people who live in the district in the autumn. NHDC is asking people to register their interest now if
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Outdoors… It’s going to be all white I am a strong believer that nature has a key role to play in effecting our sense of wellbeing and connection to the land. Our connection to nature has been eroded by our busy lives full of time saving devices that encourage us to click a little button
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Outdoors is the place to… Enjoy the merry, mauve, month of May… By Melbourn garden designer, Richard Arnott In this series of articles, I look to challenge you about how you look at your garden in these changing times and reflect on how important our outside time is to nourish ourselves and our loved ones.
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Outdoors is the place to… green shoots, new life is emerging… In this new series of articles, I look to challenge you about how you look at your garden in these changing times and reflect on how important our outside time is to nourish ourselves and our loved ones. As the vaccine is being rolled
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Outdoors is the place to… Appreciate the small stuff Richard Arnott, Melbourn Garden Designer and Plantsman In this new series of articles, I look at things to be doing in the garden during these uncertain times and reflect on how important our outside time is to nourish ourselves. Keeping physically and mentally fit should be
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