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Urgent call to action over proposed rewriting of protective legislation for food & water quality, protection of nature & legalising fracking
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iPlantsman
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Garden Flower Power! - review your garden interest regularly for all-year-round impact.
Assess your garden regularly for flower power to help guide planting design to fill gaps in flowering interest. Great child-friendly project
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iPlantsman
- 7 days ago
- 5 min
Books, books and books; A guide to books on Identifying British Trees and British Wildflowers.
3rd in a series of guides on recommended books. 3 books on Identifying British Trees and 3 on Identifying British Wildflowers.
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iPlantsman
- Sep 23
- 5 min
Top 7 Helenium for colour - Set your Autumnal garden ablaze with fiery reds, oranges and yellows.
iPlantsman Top 7 Helenium varieties to grow for Colours. Red, Orange, Yellow and Peach Coloured, Autumn flowering Herbaceous Perennials
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iPlantsman
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Free Kindle Gardening Books on Amazon.co.uk
Free Amazon.co.uk Gardening, Plant, Landscape and Horticulture eBooks through Amazon Kindle.
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iPlantsman
- Sep 18
- 3 min
Foodie Bag - The Instagram Bag from Paper Bag Co. A useful resource for photography on the move.
A guide to the Foodie Bag/Instagram Bag, a kit for Instagram food and flower photographers. Product Testing and review
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iPlantsman
- Sep 14
- 5 min
The best Tool I own, for Autumn Leaf Clearance! WORX WG543E LEAFJET Cordless Leaf Blower
A recommendation of the best tool I own for leaf clearing and Autumn clear ups. WORX WG543E LEAFJET Cordless Leaf Blower. It's brilliant!
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iPlantsman
- Aug 31
- 4 min
Books, books and books; A guide to books on Pruning and Training Plants and Growing Fruit
The first in a series of guides to recommended books. 3 books each on Pruning & Training Plants and Growing Fruit Trees and Bushes
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iPlantsman
- Aug 21
- 5 min
Book Review - Shade by Susanna Grant
Book Review on Shade by Susanna Grant, a handbook to gardening within shady, especially urban shady spots, including a plant directory.
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iPlantsman
- Aug 17
- 6 min
Five Shrubs to drive Bees and other Pollinators Wild!
Here are five of the best hardy shrubs for temperate gardens to attract Bees and other Pollinator to your garden.
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iPlantsman
- Aug 12
- 3 min
What I’ve Learned Series - Top Tip - Secateurs - You get what you pay for!
Top Tip from experiences with secateurs selection. Fleck, Fiskars, ARS, Niwaki
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iPlantsman
- Aug 11
- 7 min
Book Review - My World of Hepaticas by John Massey with Tomoo Mabuchi
Book Review of 'My World of Hepaticas' by John Massey with Tomoo Mabuchi.
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iPlantsman
- Aug 10
- 6 min
Book Review – Create a Mediterranean Garden by Pattie Barron
Book Review of Create a Mediterranean garden by Pattie Barron.
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iPlantsman
- Apr 25, 2021
- 6 min
Book Review - ‘Peonies’ by Claire Austin
A book review on Claire Austin’s 2021 book ‘Peonies’
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iPlantsman
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
What I’ve Learned Series - Top Tip - Troublesome Plants & Maintenance
Maintenance is an obsession for many, but usually in avoiding it. Pick your battles and plan your work, saving it for plants you love.
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iPlantsman
- Aug 9, 2020
- 2 min
Thought for today - Blog Post 09/08/2020 Late Season Interest
The value of Seedheads, fruit, winter stems & the beauty of decaying plant material should never be underestimated or ignored when designing
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iPlantsman
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
What I’ve Learned Series - Top Tip - Ceanothus
One important thing that I have learned about Ceanothus and a plan to overcome this problem.
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iPlantsman
- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
RHS Tatton Flower Show 2020 - #tattonathome
A short video to celebrate RHS Tatton Park in #tattonathome. we can’t be there in person this year, but we can remember former glories.
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iPlantsman
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
Thought for today - Blog Post 20/07/2020 Twilight
Twilight Sunlight in July as a magical thing, breathing new life into plants for the briefest of moments.
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iPlantsman
- Jul 19, 2020
- 1 min
Thought for today - Blog Post 19/07/2020 Foliage and Rain
Rain impacts on the appearance of plant foliage. Consider it when designing with plants.
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