Gardens
Glorious Gardens to visit this May in Dorset
April 27th 2012
The National Gardens Scheme (NGS) celebrates 85 years of gardening and giving this year.
Garden of the Month… Wincombe Park
April 26th 2012
Wincombe Park has been in the Fortescue family since 1963 when they bought the house and surrounding 325 acres of parkland, farmland, woodland, lakes and garden from the well-known historian, Sir Arthur Bryant.
Who needs Gardeners’ World?
December 1st 2011
The English Garden magazine has dipped its muddy gardening boot into the world of professional film
Who needs Gardeners’ World?
December 1st 2011
The English Garden magazine has dipped its muddy gardening boot into the world of professional film
Create homes for wildlife in your garden with ‘Jordans 10% Challenge’
October 19th 2011
One of Britain’s best-known cereal companies, Jordans Cereals, is issuing a challenge to Britain’s gardeners to follow the example set by farmers that grow Jordans cereals and make at least 10% of their gardens into homes for wildlife...
Create homes for wildlife in your garden with ‘Jordans 10% Challenge’
October 19th 2011
One of Britain’s best-known cereal companies, Jordans Cereals, is issuing a challenge to Britain’s gardeners to follow the example set by farmers that grow Jordans cereals and make at least 10% of their gardens into homes for wildlife...
World’s first living billboard made entirely of British flowers
August 26th 2011
Shoppers in London were treated to quite a sight today, as a billboard made entirely of living flowers was revealed outside the Westfield Shopping Centre...
Monet's Lilies
July 20th 2011
Susanne Masters experiences a taste of Giverny at Bennetts Water Gardens in Weymouth
The Good Life
April 26th 2011
Plot 25b at Allington Avenue, Dorchester, is looking for some vintage gardeners, as Edward Griffiths discovers
The National Trust in Dorset would love you to share in Thomas Hardy's cottage garden
June 22nd 2009
The National Trust would love you to share in Thomas Hardy's cottage garden - still blooming after two centuries. Words: Chris Newton
Edward Griffiths visits people who 'grow their own' on Skilling and Flaxhayes Allotments, Bridport
May 26th 2009
In his series in which he meets the people who 'grow their own' on the county's allotments, Edward Griffiths visits Skilling and Flaxhayes Allotments, Bridport
Diana Guy turns your thoughts to colourful summer pots and hanging baskets
April 27th 2009
Turn your thoughts to colourful summer pots and hanging baskets, with these tips from Diana Guy
Edward Griffiths visits Prospect Allotments in Swanage, Dorset
April 8th 2009
In his series in which he meets the people who 'grow their own' on the county's allotments, Edward Griffiths visits Prospect Allotments in Swanage
Diana Guy encourages us to look at garden 'invaders' in a new light!
March 17th 2009
Diana Guy encourages us to look at garden 'invaders' in a new light!
Diana Guy has some thrifty tips on gardening on a shoestring
February 2nd 2009
Diana Guy has some thrifty tips on gardening on a shoestring
Awesome Autumn
November 3rd 2008
November can bring its own delights in the garden. Diana Guy has some great ideas to keep colour and interest going right through to the very end of the seasonNovember 08
WANDER THROUGH POOLE PARK
July 26th 2007
Edward Griffiths continues his occasional series in which he visits Dorset's public parks and gardens. This month he visits Poole Park, Poole, and the results of recent investment are clear to see. A stunning new pavilion has just been completed o...
IN MEDITERRANEAN MOOD
July 26th 2007
This month Diana Guy is in a Mediterranean mood, especially with all the talk of hot dry summers. So it seems fitting to linger in the sunny Mediterranean area to see what grows well in arid conditions. She considers euphorbias, thymes, lavenders,...
THE GLOBAL GARDEN Get a taste of foreign climes
July 2nd 2007
Take a stroll around Dianna Guy's garden at Welcome Thatch, where she feels she is on a world tour looking at the great variety of plants, where they were discovered, and an amazing range of countries represented.
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