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Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity which aims to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. This vision is achieved through many inspirational gardens and public shows, scientific research, education and community programmes, sale of garden plants, a range of gardening gifts, and sharing knowledge through books and websites. Their How to Guides are especially useful in supporting Beginners. |
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Royal Horticultural Society Guides & Videos The Society also provides an extensive range of videos which can be useful to both beginners and more experienced gardeners who would like, for example. to begin to grow a range of fruit, vegetables or herbs. Even the most experienced of gardeners will seek advice with aspects that are new to them. RHS sites provide a total all round package catering for every gardener's needs. |
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Great British Gardens Find beautiful gardens in the British Isles that attract visitors from all over the world by using a postcode search. You can also find gardens by category, such as Coastal Gardens, Cottage Gardens, Japanese Gardens and Organic Gardens. Gardens Illustrated Has links to eleven virtual garden tours including the National Trust's Hidcote Manor, Highgrove, Kew Gardens, Monet's Giverny Garden and RHS Wisley. |
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Container Gardening for Sun or Shade Drop-in containers are movable mini-gardens that you can place anywhere outside your home. Any basic large plastic flower pot can be used for the plants then placed into more decorative pots or containers. Jessie demonstrates how to assemble a number of lovely containers and describes plant mixes for sun, part sun and shade, and deep shade. |
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Planting a Raised Bed Vegetable Garden TV Presenter and Gardening Expert, Katie Rushworth shows you how to plant a raised bed vegetable garden. Using a simple wooden frame filled with compost, Katie plants a variety of vegetables and herbs including Beetroot, Onions, Lettuce, Chives, Rosemary, Basil, Sage and Thyme. These raised planting beds are great for vegetable gardening in small spaces and are easier to maintain. |
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How to Make a Water Planter Feature A great video that takes you through an easy step by step approach to making you own planter water fountain. Large planters will need a powered pump from an external power source but a solar pump can work in smaller pots. The advantage of this approach is that it enables you to choose your own plant colour combinations, replenishing the flowering plants annually. My next project for the patio with mini palms and red plants. |
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Henry Street Garden Centre An award winning, family run garden centre in Swallowfield Road, Arborfield, five miles from Woodley. As well as a very impressive range of plants, the centre has a number of different departments including garden furniture, garden pots, water features and gifts. There is also a very popular cafe overlooking the gardens serving an excellent range of food and cakes. A perfect place to have lunch with friends after a relaxing morning looking at all that Henry Street Garden Centre has to offer. |
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Wokingham Library Services Online Magazines This service allows you to read Gardening and other Magazines online. You can use the site on a laptop, or download the app to a tablet or smartphone. You will need to enter your library card number to sign in and can create a free account, Note: when Woodley library is open, you can also use Press Reader on the library computers, without needing to create an account. |
