One of the best garden centres I have visited. I was in Sheffield for a long weekend visiting family but had a morning to myself to fill. Was a pleasure to find this place. I spent 1-2 hours here but could have spent a lot longer. I would recommend viewing the indoor plant ...
We visited two centres in Cork city and then took a trip to Carewswood. The quality and variety of plants on offer outshone the two other Garden Centres by a mile. We met with one of the proprietors Dan, who was most helpful and guided us in the right direction....
You can buy strawberry plants now from the garden centres or online. You can also buy bare-rooted stock which has been cold-treated to produce fruit this year. Strawberries need winter cold to prompt them to flower and fruit, so don’t put them in a greenhouse or other protected space in...
Near Newton Stewart, Kirroughtree is one of the world class 7 stanes trail centres all located in Dumfries and Galloway. The nearest local shop is in Port William, 3 miles from Stellock. 'The Port' also has a sandwich/lunchtime takeaway shop, and a harbour-side cafe called 'The View'....
Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz THE GARDEN OF ALLAH BY ROBERT HICHENS PREPARER'S NOTE This text was prepared from an edition published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York. It was originally published in 1904. C
You won’t necessarily find all of them in garden centres, but they turn up at plant sales, or in older gardens. Most gardeners are generous types, and will usually hand over cuttings or small basal shoots with a bit of root attached. These last items, incidentally, are known as “...
I buried her in the garden – a kind neighbour dug a hole for me – in a cardboard box lined with my old jumper, a card of remembrance and a sprig of rosemary. Some time afterwards I had a dream, she was sitting on a table in a Brussels cafe I used to frequent, sleek and shin...
Other future plans for the village include a trendy wholefoods cafe and a shop selling staples such as rice and pasta etc Scoop-style with no bags. I love this idea, but imagine they’d need a fair few outside visitors to keep these going as businesses. I have no doubt there will be...
Near Newton Stewart, Kirroughtree is one of the world class 7 stanes trail centres all located in Dumfries and Galloway. The nearest local shop is in Port William, 3 miles from Stellock. 'The Port' also has a sandwich/lunchtime takeaway shop, and a harbour-side cafe called 'The View'....