News, Interviews and Competitions

Find out the latest garden-based news, read interviews with the experts, and enter some great competitions to win goodies for your garden. It’s all here.

  1. 2014 Blogger competition entries

    2014 Blogger competition entries

    A friend once described my blog as 'like a well stocked department store; there's something for everyone on every floor' and another as 'quirky and fun'

    Veg Plotting isn't just about the veg I grow on my allotment, my allotment is the place

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  2. 2014 Allotment competition entries

    Our first entry is from Louise, her three kids, daddy and a lovely Labbie

    Our veg patch is under the guidance of head gardener, mummy, and junior gardeners Harry (8), Tilly (6) and Felicity (3). Our weed control manager, daddy also helps

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  3. 2014 Allotment, recipe, and blogger competition

    2014 Allotment, recipe, and blogger competition

    In aid of allotment week we are running three competitions for allotment lovers, chefs and hand picked bloggers to share their love of all things allotment and have a chance of winning £100 in vouchers to use on our site. The competition will run for

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  4. Competition: Win a deluxe shed security kit via twitter

    With thefts from gardens and in particular from log cabins and sheds, we thought we'd offer a prize to help you protect your favourite bike or garden tools stored in your shed. It's really simple to enter, see the details and T&Cs below:

    Starting

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  5. Urban Food Week - Edible Open Gardens Day

    Urban Food Week - Edible Open Gardens Day

    This week is is Urban Food Week in London, which is run by Sustain and is a collaboration between Ethical Eats, Capital Growth and others.

    Throughout the week various bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants will be offering food and drink created

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  6. Gold for Bradley Wiggins – owes his victory to time spent in his garden shed

    Gold for Bradley Wiggins – owes his victory to time spent in his garden shed

    Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that Bradley Wiggins won gold in cycling for the men's time trial.

    Wiggins beat German, Tony Martin, by being 42 seconds faster. He has now beaten Sir Steve Redgrave for having the most Olympic

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  7. Garden butterfly numbers drop 20 % in the UK

    Garden butterfly numbers drop 20 % in the UK

    Monarch Butterfly Conservation | BuyShedsDirect UK

    Butterflies in the garden are such a familiar and enjoyable sight, but year-on-year numbers have been dropping.

    So far, this years cool summer and the reduction in habitat

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  8. Link between new bee virus strain and mites could signal an end to bee colony decline

    Link between new bee virus strain and mites could signal an end to bee colony decline

    Bees in the Garden

    With summer just round the corner, we are all used to seeing bees buzzing about in the garden. What many people forget is that bees are major pollinators around the world. In fact, over 70 of the worlds 100 top arable

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  9. Shed of the Year 2011

    Shed of the Year 2011

    Entries have been pouring in for Cuprinol’s annual Shed of the Year competition, which continues to attract hundreds of weird and wonderful shed ideas. The nationwide competition is a great way to find new ways to innovate your shed - though some are

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  10. British Summer Time brings garden thieves out of hibernation

    British Summer Time brings garden thieves out of hibernation

    British Summer Time (BST) officially starts this Sunday, March 27th at 1.00 am GMT when the clocks ‘spring’ forward to 2.00 am BST. We lose one hours sleep but we get more daylight in return. An exchange I’ll happily accept.

    The longer days, coupled

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