One of the most popular natural hedges you can plant today, the Mixed Native Hedge line.
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A much better week ahead weatherwise ,,, feeling spring-like when the sun makes an appearance!
- Chris Day
- United Kingdom
- My career in horticulture began when I left school in 1979 and joined Rochford’s Houseplants as an apprentice. After completing college in Lancashire, I embarked on a career in the retail world spending over 12 inspiring years at All-In-One Garden Centre near Rochdale. A career change in 1994 took me into gardening journalism and broadcasting, initially working as a sub-editor on Amateur Gardening, before launching Gardens Ideas magazine as well as editing Water Gardener and the garden website Gardening365. I continue to contribute to a host of consumer and in recent year’s trade publications as well as co-authoring a book. Over the past four years, I’ve returned to the garden centre trade as Plant Publicity Manager at Buckingham Garden Centre & Nurseries. We are developing the website and the social network sites as this is important in linking the two. I would describe myself as a hands-on gardener with a passion for plants, I really enjoy sharing my knowledge and I’m a contributor to local BBC radio for over 22 years. I've been involved as a judge from 2008-2010 in the prestigious Horticulture Week Retail Awards.
Friday 16 October 2009
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Where's Chris: THIS WEEK
CALLING ALL GARDENING CLUBS! Chris gives talks and demonstrations to local gardening clubs, WI's and horticultural societies. A full list, including "The Good Life Garden: Grow Your 5-A-Day" (hence BBC Good Life picture reference above) is available by e-mailing chrisd365@aol.com Please state your location, note bookings for 2012 and 2013 are being taken, 2011 is pretty well booked up!
Local press cover Big Shipton Bulb Plant
The Big Bulb Plant in our community, adding colour to Shipton
Saturday 3 October 2009
Get Cookin' with Apples...
Alli Templeton entertained visitors at our Apple Weekend today with an curry-apple themed dish. Alli will be repeating her demo tomorrow at around 2pm.
Despite the windy weather, visitors enjoyed the display of over 90 varieties of apples (see picture, top) as well as asking plenty of fruit questions. We look forward to seeing more people on Sunday from 10.30am-4pm.
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Images from Beth Chatto's Garden
The Garden Centre visited Beth Chatto's Garden, Elstead Market in Essex last September (2010)
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Me and Elaine Page at this year's Chelsea Flower Show
Be inspired at Hill Top House
The dreamy gardens of Beatrix Potter
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The book is available at Amazon