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t's amazing. When I started eight or nine years ago, I kept trying to talk to people about it and no one was even slightly interested." Luke Dixon, urban beekeeper, laughs as he tries to explain his joy and astonishment at finding the rest of the world suddenly fascinated by his solitary...

FALLEN leaves are a constant nuisance in gardens at this time of year; they clog ponds, clutter corners of patios, make paths slippery, and smother tiny treasures growing on raised beds and rock features.Continue reading...

With the recent development of ash dieback, it is more important than ever to plant a wide range of trees to help prevent the rapid spread of any one disease.Continue reading...

FALLEN leaves are a constant nuisance in gardens at this time of year; they clog ponds, clutter corners of patios, make paths slippery, and smother tiny treasures growing on raised beds and rock features.Continue reading...

Gardening in the UK has always been challenging due to variable weather, but further changes in our climate are not making thing easier.Continue reading...

We're looking for up-and-coming design talent for the RHS National Young Designer of the Year contest.Continue reading...

AUTUMN is tidy-up time in the garden, when you can take advantage of crisp sunny days for pruning, raking leaves and clearing dead plants and stems - or dig over your borders and pull out stubborn weeds from rain-softened flower beds and vegetable plots.Continue reading...

I think I might be going a bit granny doolally where Alan Titchmarsh is concerned. It could be the signs of impending old age, because I didn't always love the Titch. For a start, he appeared on my TV radar just after the tragic death of committedly green Gardeners' World presenter Geoff...

WHEN you've finished with garden furniture for the year, it's always worth giving it a good clean, treating it with a suitable product and then putting it away properly to extend its life and avoid costly replacements.Continue reading...

Bletting. It's not your average sort of conversational word. But talk to Mark Diacono, the owner and sole proprietor of Otter Farm in Devon, and it works its way in pretty quick. Because "bletting" is what everyday folk do to their medlars – a hard, tart fruit if eaten raw – to make them...

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The Great Storm of autumn 1987 was a wake-up call for Britain. Initial estimates put the number of trees lost at two million. In the end, the sum came to seven times that, and, disorientated by the shock of it all, it took a while to see that any good could come out of that savage night. But it...

The RHS - which participated in the Defra Ash dieback summit (Wednesday 7 November 2012)- welcomes the rapid action taken to combat the spread of the disease and believes it has a critical role in providing appropriate information to help the nation’s gardeners.Continue reading...

THERE is still plenty of autumn colour to enjoy if you visit many of Britain's gardens over the next few weeks.Continue reading...

Make a date in the diary for the RHS Flower Show Cardiff 2013, 19-21 April.Continue reading...

FALLEN leaves are a constant nuisance in autumn gardens; they clog ponds, clutter corners of patios, make paths slippery, and smother tiny treasures growing on raised beds and rock features. If left for long, a blanket of dead leaves can even turn your lawn yellow. Leaves need raking up...

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