Wednesday, 31 August 2016

EXOTIC SCENTS

›
EXOTIC SCENTS August has been a fantastic month for scented garden plants. The home has been blessed with the exotic scents of orie...
Thursday, 25 August 2016

HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION

›
HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION Gardening and horticulture can be very rewarding both for pleasure, stimulation and also as a great career....
Friday, 19 August 2016

SUMMER FLOWERS

›
SUMMER FLOWERS Every year has a different story to tell in the garden as no two years are alike, and one year’s climate can affect ...
Monday, 8 August 2016

SUMMER HARVESTS

›
SUMMER HARVESTS The summer harvest season is now in full swing with soft fruit and summer vegetables all ready to pick. My row of e...
Wednesday, 3 August 2016

City Road Allotments Open Day

›
City Road Allotments Open Day  

THE BERRY SEASON

›
THE BERRY SEASON June and July were the traditional times for soft fruit picking on the farms, but today we can grow our own berrie...
Sunday, 24 July 2016

ENJOY THE SUMMER FLOWERS

›
ENJOY THE SUMMER FLOWERS Our unpredictable Scottish summer could never make up its mind whether to come or go and garden plants tak...
Friday, 15 July 2016

BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY

›
BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY We grow plants for their beauty, and taste when we want to consume them, but all plants have a desire for su...

SUMMER REWARDS

›
SUMMER REWARDS A two week spell of summer weather with quite dry conditions followed by a very wet week, was great for plant grow...
Monday, 27 June 2016

THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN

›
THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN The world today is vastly different from our world when we were kids. As people moved away from city cent...