Chris Day's Grow Your Own Talks at Buckingham Garden Centre

Grow Your Own Vegetable Starter: Part 1
Dates: March 18th and April 1st

Grow Your Own Fruit Starter: Part 2
Dates: March 25th and April 15th

VENUE: Buckingham Garden Centre, 10am-12noon. Charity donation to Greenfingers, the Garden Industry Charity, £1.00 minimum donation. To book call 01280 827910, http://www.hedging.co.uk/

Enjoy a great day out at Barnsdale Gardens in June

Join me on June 17th 2009 to visit Barnsdale Garden, the home of the late TV Gardener Geoff Hamilton (pictured above). Contact Buckingham Garden Centre on 01280 827910 for further details. Limited number of places are available so early booking is recommended.

February snow challenges

Over a week of snow, sub-zero temperatures and now, as I write this, heavy rain is bound to take its toll on the garden and its inhabitants.

Frozen soils, compacted by snow, will hinder moisture flow through the soil, so it is going to be essential to lightly fork over the soil to help benefit the soil prior to any planting or immediate soil preparation you may carry out.

Wilde about Gardening

Only the other day we were chatting about 1980s pop star Kim Wilde and literally the next day just walking into BBC Three Counties Radio studios in Luton, who should be getting out of a taxi to enter the buiding but Kim Wilde!!

Buckingham Garden Centre collect Highly Commended title for best Plant Area at this years Garden Retail Awards

Chuffed to bits (picture l-r) : Sarah Brill (Plant Area Manager), Me (Plant Merchandising Manager) and Pauline Brown (partner, Buckingham Garden Centre) at this month's awards ceromony at The Royal Gardens Hotel, Kensington, London on 12th November 2008. Full details (see link).

New kid on the block...

Good to see Toby Buckland at the helm of BBC2's Gardeners' World... I've met Toby and interviewed him a few years ago when I edited Water Gardening magazine, and he always comes across as a knowledgable, passionate gardener who just gets on with it.

Wisley Glasshouse

Great structure, amazing plants, a jungle that gives the Eden Project a run for its money, but on a much smaller scale.