Ditchling Beacon is located 7 miles to the north of Brighton and just south of the… 2.98 miles away All England Show Jumping Course Hickstead is world famous for showjumping, and the British Jumping Derby Meeting remains… 4.28 miles away Ansty Gardens Gardens open to the public for the...
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 ...
New York Botanical Garden, one of the leading centres of botanical research and floristics in the United States. The 250-acre (101-hectare) garden, located in Bronx Park, New York City, has a plant collection consisting of about 12,000 species from almost every part of the world. Many of...
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...
Garden Hens Making a Comeback; ONCE Found in Back Gardens All over the North East, Hens Are Enjoying a 21st Century Renaissance. Poultry Keeping Has Been Popularised by Celebrities Such as Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Now Even a National Chain of Garden Centres Is Selling Laying Hens ...
The South Circular (A205) passes the north-east corner of Kew Gardens and Kew Road (A307) forms the eastern border. From the West : take M4 (exit Junction 2) or A4. Upon reaching the Chiswick roundabout, follow signs to Kew Gardens to join the A205 and cross the River Thames at Kew...
You can of course buy simple pH test soil kits in most good garden centres, which are easy to operate and provide useful information to base your planting scheme around. Next, the texture and consistence of your soil is very important also as it will determine the level of nutrition and dr...
You may be lucky to find New England asters in pots at your big box store. They are transplantable and will overwinter in the garden. In addition to the New England asters, there are several other native varieties that are sold in the perennial section of your garden centres. There is a...
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
Born in Saskatchewan, the prairie lands of north western Canada, she had been adopted at the age of eight months by her aunt and uncle, who lived in Ontario in a town called Barrie on the shores of lake Simcoe, eight hundred miles further south. Her own parents had separated. Her ...