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Joining Julia Parker - Sowing in your Greenhouse

30 January 2020 By Julia Parker

How did you first get into gardening? I used to be a picture researcher before the age of computers, spending my time looking at transparencies mainly for gardening books. It was really when sourcing lovely images of beautiful gardens and vegetable...More >

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Plant Fairs and Small Shows Guide 2020

22 January 2020 By Victoria Burnell

Throughout the year a multitude of horticultural events and shows take place all over the country with many of them quite small in size, perfect for those who wish to attend events that are much less sprawling and busy compared to shows such as RHS...More >

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Tags: events, Plant Shows, Small garden Shows

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Discovering Food bio-diversity with Food Forever 2020

10 January 2020 By Tash Ellens

At the end of last year, we were invited by our friends at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to attend Google Headquarters for the ‘2020 for 2020: Chef Action on Biodiversity’ event. The movement has been initiated by Crop Trust to celebrate better and...More >

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Tags: Food Forever 2020, Kew Gardens, Food Bio-diversity

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Alitex Highlights of 2019

18 December 2019 By Kitty Yarrow

Here at Torberry Farm the Christmas trees and fairy lights are up and we are winding down to the festive break. We always like to recap what exciting events we attended and hosted in the year as we look toward 2020. dive into equestrian This year we...More >

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Living Wreath Workshop

22 October 2019 By Kitty Yarrow

Alitex is thrilled to be hosting its first ever Living Wreath Workshop at Torberry Farm on Tuesday 19 November. Wreaths aren’t just for Christmas and these come with a particular twist on the festive classic. This workshop will focus on using...More >

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Tags: Living Wreath Workshop, Succulents, Christmas Wreath, How to Make a Wreath

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An Evening at Alitex with Alan Titchmarsh and Mary Berry

12 September 2019 By Victoria Burnell

On Thursday 5 September we were delighted to host over 200 guests at our show site, Torberry Farm, for our Annual Lecture with guest speakers Alan Titchmarsh and Mary Berry. This year we were lucky enough to have the national treasures, both proud...More >

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Tags: Mary Berry, Alan Titchmarsh, Annual Lecture

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A Greenhouse Tea Party at Goodwood Revival 2019

09 September 2019 By Kitty Yarrow

Join us Over the Road at this year’s Goodwood Revival where we will be taking our National Trust Mottisfont greenhouse to this prestigious event that reminisces in the golden era of the Goodwood Motor Circuit, between 1948 and 1966. With an...More >

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Tags: Goodwood Revival, Greenhouse Tea Party, Vintage Greenhouse

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Join us at RHS Wisley Flower Show

02 September 2019 By Kitty Yarrow

Join us for a late summer show at RHS Wisley Flower Show . What better way to round off the season of RHS events with a trip to the newly developed Wisley gardens? We will be exhibiting our Scotney mobile greenhouse in the gardens on stand 'M'...More >

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Tags: Greenhouse Events, RHS events, alitex greenhouses

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Sarah Wain Inspires Customers at Final Grow Morning of the Summer

24 July 2019 By Victoria Burnell

Sarah Wain’s abundance of horticultural knowledge was put to fantastic use at our final ‘Grow Morning’ of the summer. Having recently retired as Garden Supervisor after 25 years at West Dean , Sarah passed on invaluable information on how to set up...More >

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Tags: sarah wain, growing under glass, Greenhouse Growing Advice

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Alitex at The Game Fair

15 July 2019 By Kitty Yarrow

This year's Game Fair is to be held at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire from 26-28 July. As proud sponsors of this event, we will be exhibiting our Mottisfont greenhouse from our National Trust Collection , which will be situated in the largest show...More >

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Tags: The Game Fair, The Game Fair Garden, alitex, greenhouse

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