Gardens
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...
The Gardens at Renishaw
July 25th 2011
As Renishaw Hall stages an exhibition on its glorious gardens, Pat Ashworth talks to the head gardener and takes a tour
Garden Life - June 2011
July 1st 2011
Mark Smith who has over 24 years experience in the horticultural industry , working as plant manager at two of the county's best plant nurseries answers your gardening questions
Winster's Secret Gardens
June 28th 2011
The lawn mowers are buzzing, the flowers blooming, and the bucks-fizz is already in the cooler: the 14th annual Secret Gardens of Winster weekend is just around the corner
Hall Leys Park - a jewel in Matlock's Crown
May 30th 2011
On 23rd June one of the country’s finest Edwardian parks will be celebrating its 100th birthday. Robert Falconer reports
Gardening: Hazel Cross Farm Helleborus
March 25th 2011
Just over the Peak District border into Staffordshire Mike Byford has nurtured the country’s top collection of Helleborus – a plant that’s achieving newfound popularity
The secrets of growing Helleborus
March 25th 2011
Mike Byford tells us the secrets to growing Helleborus
Sir Roddy Llewellyn's January gardening tips
January 12th 2011
A miscellany of gardening tips from Sir Roddy Llewellyn: flowerpot heaters, cannibalistic plants, bananas, and sowing seeds for the sweet scent of summer
A delightful garden in Wirksworth, Derbyshire
June 29th 2010
David and Eileen’s delightful hidden garden in Wirksworth has become an enduring labour of love. Pat Ashworth reports ...
Culland Hall Gardens, Brailsford, Derbyshire
April 26th 2010
Pat Ashworth looks around the garden of Simon and Lucy Thompson
Gardening with Sir Roddy Llewellyn - Mice & Elm Trees
January 6th 2010
With Mickey, Minnie and Virginia at home, it's a crowded house for Sir Roddy and Tania
Garden at Chisworth, Derbyshire
September 25th 2009
PAT ASHWORTH visits a spectacular garden created from an overgrown rocky slope in the High Peak village of Chisworth
Gardening with Sir Roddy Llewellyyn - Wildlife in your garden
July 23rd 2009
Sir Roddy Llewellyn considers the wildlife friendly way.
The Gardens at Fanshawe Gate Hall, Derbyshire
May 21st 2009
Winners of a special award from the National Garden Scheme and an undisputed county treasure.
Gardening with Sir Roddy Llewellyn - The Leyland Cypress Tree
May 21st 2009
Sir Roddy Llewellyn's expose of the man to blame for the monstrous tree that has caused so many neighbourly rifts.
Gardening with Sir Roddy Llewellyn - A Spot of Winter Cheer
February 5th 2009
Think carefully about planning your planting to extend the season up until the first frosts
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