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Dixter Daze: How I Got My Hands on One of the World's Greatest Gardens
Becoming a volunteer gardener at Great Dixter has taught me so much more than practical horticulture
Jodie Jones
As a freelance writer I visit fabulous gardens and nurseries, talk to the talented people who shape them, and then share what I have learned. On my day off I am a volunteer gardener at Great Dixter.
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Digging the Dirt
Why soil matters and how to make yours better.
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Rooted in Passion: a new nursery devoted to traditional techniques
At Hooton's Walled Nursery in South Yorkshire, Dean and Glenn Charlton are reclaiming the art and craft of horticulture to cultivate plants that are both beautiful and useful
Summer Reading for Displaced Gardeners
A miscellany of books to slip into your holiday suitcase.
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Queen of the Hellebores: The Extraordinary Life of Elizabeth Strangman
Meet the legendary nurserywoman who, in a life devoted to choice perennials and woodland plants, has produced some of the most beautiful hellebores now in cultivation
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A Wild Life: Meet Chris Baines, The Original Wildlife Gardener
He has been championing British wildlife habitats under threat since the 1970s, and Chris Baines is still one of our leading environmentalists today, spreading the word that every garden, however small, can help reverse the decline
The Show Must Go On
Have you ever wondered where all those gorgeous Chelsea Flower Show gardens go when the last of the visitors go home?
A Grand Day Out? Or a Matter of Life and Death?
The money we spend visiting our favourite gardens is often critical to their very survival.