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Sowing for Beginners - Julia's Top Tips

10 March 2020 By Kitty Yarrow

Whether you are an enthusiastic grower who needs a bit of inspiration and direction on what to grow, or you are a complete novice when it comes to sowing seeds - Julia Parker of Parker's Patch hosts growing workshops for varying abilities at her...More >

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Tags: greenhouse growing, Sowing in the Greenhouse, Gardening top tips

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Book Review: Shed Style by Selina Lake

20 February 2020 By Victoria Burnell

Selina Lake’s new book ‘ Shed Style ’ creatively explores how to decorate and use garden buildings. The beautiful imagery is sure to inspire everyone who reads it. It also includes fantastic tips for you to try in any garden rooms, pods, greenhouses...More >

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Tags: Selina Lake Shed Style, Styling your greenhouse

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Advice for Heating Your Greenhouse

12 February 2020 By Tash Ellens

We’ve spoken with our friends at Harrier Garden Developments to get their expertise on how to heat your greenhouse in the most efficient way possible. Why would you need to heat a greenhouse? Heating a greenhouse allows you to extend your growing...More >

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Tags: Harrier Heating, Garden Developments, heating your greenhouse

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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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Tags: events, Gardening events, greenhouse growing

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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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Interior Inspiration for your Greenhouse

17 January 2020 By Kitty Yarrow

It’s a new year and if you’re at the beginning of your greenhouse journey it can feel a little daunting when it comes to the internal layout. Whilst every detail of your greenhouse is completely dependent on your growing needs, we have taken...More >

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Tags: greenhouse, Greenhouse layout, Interior Inspiration

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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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Tags: alitex events, Greenhouse Events, greenhouses

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Secret Gardens of the UK

09 December 2019 By Victoria Burnell

In the UK, we are lucky to have hundreds of beautiful estates and gardens to enjoy. Many of them are very well known, with tourists and locals both frequently flocking to the sites to enjoy them. However, we also have many gardens that have not...More >

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Tags: Secret Gardens, Gardens in the UK

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The Perfect Gardener's Gift Guide to Christmas

25 November 2019 By Kitty Yarrow

It's almost Christmas. Let's face it you've run out of ideas of innovative and exciting presents and you're online looking at novelty socks just to fill up those Christmas stockings. We have compiled a list of gifts from the gardening world; things...More >

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