The Plotting Shed
By Rachel McCartain
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AUTUMN 2023 SERIES STARTS SEPT 22nd . Each podcast covers an aspect of gardening or design or is about something we think you'd like to know. All the podcast topics can also be found at PlantPlots.com. PLUS - Watch our videos on YouTube: Read this amazing book "I Want to Like my Garden" by Rachel McCartain available on Amazon books. We'd also love you to tell us what you think too - just email rachel@plantplots.com. You can also make a donation to help us make more and better podcasts too - our thanks if you have. Thanks for listening. PlantPlots.com
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Brilliantly simple design tips for gardens that are on a slope
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Front Gardens - are not a small version of the back garden
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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How to design Odd Shaped Gardens
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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How to design a rectangular or square shaped garden
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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How does a garden become family-friendly?
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Garden Styling - How to Choose the Right One
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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How do you choose the design layout for a garden?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Why does everyone think having a beautiful garden means more work?
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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If you're going to design your garden - Don't do this!
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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You don't need to become a gardener to have an amazing garden
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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What's wrong with Orange!
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Gardening's going 'Up the Wall'
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Are your garden boundaries barriers?
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Trend-setting ideas for 2023
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Transform your idea of a garden layout - go reverse!
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Become a garden referee - you'll be happier if you do!
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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It's time to think about lawns!
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May 25, 2023 |
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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023
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May 24, 2023 |
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What's best - a landscape gardener or garden designer?
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May 19, 2023 |
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Help - I just don't know where to start!
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May 12, 2023 |
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Why garden design goes wrong
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May 05, 2023 |
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How your garden can tap into the Internet of Life for free
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Garden design; what everyone should think about .... but don't!
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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A Beginners Guide to Designing Big Gardens
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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How to choose a garden colour scheme
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Growing a Grass Garden - do you Xeriscape?
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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5 Top Tips to make Garden Borders Better
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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The best small garden design tips from 2022
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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What to learn from the RHS Garden Shows in 2022
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Easy low maintenance garden ideas
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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A Word about Weeds!
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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How can you take stop the world 'outside' ruining your enjoyment of the garden
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May 27, 2022 |
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How to make a garden when if its a really weird or wonky shaped space
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May 20, 2022 |
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What is Shade and how does it affect your Garden?
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May 13, 2022 |
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Garden Design Tips for Gardens that aren't flat.
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May 06, 2022 |
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How to make long narrow gardens feel wider than they are
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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How to Design a Garden If: Its wider than it's long!
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Top Tips to transform your balcony into the perfect aerial garden
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Do you live behind a big green wall?
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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First ever garden? What design priorities should you think about
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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What makes any garden 'family friendly?'
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Why is garden designing so expensive and does it need to be?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Garden Trends for 2022 - what should you be doing in your garden?
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Some brilliant new ideas that help make your garden better for 2022 and beyond!
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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'Up the Wall' Gardening
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Best Unsung Garden Plants
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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How to be a better gardener part 2
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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How to be a better gardener part 1
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Why gardens are really really good for you!
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Why can't flower shows think like IKEA!
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Deconstructing Your Garden - why you don't need to think like a gardener!
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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And the best garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower show was actually....!
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Why gardens don't work - some common design mistakes to avoid
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Hurrah, The Plotting Shed is Back - have you missed us? :)
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Hampton Court Flower Show - The Good; The Bad and the Unrealisitc!
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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RHS Show Gardens and why you shouldn't try copy them
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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RHS Hampton Court Flower Show - We Came, We Saw, We Thought... !
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Why are gardens boring???
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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A brilliantly simple border planning method to get your planting right
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Informal Gardens and how you can make one
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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What actually is a Contemporary Garden - and why do you want one?
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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How to Maximise Space in a Small Garden
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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How to make your garden FEEL bigger than it is
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Designing a Garden around problems you can't change!
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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NEW SERIES - Can anyone design a garden? Well, the answer has to be yes!
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Inside the Mind of a Garden Design part 6 - Muddled Gardens 2
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Inside the Mind of a Garden Design part 5 - Muddled Gardens 1
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Inside the Mind of a Garden Design part 4 - Formal Gardens
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Inside the Mind of a Garden Design part 3 - Creating Impactful Borders
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Inside the mind of a Garden Design part 2 - Suburban Gardens...
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Inside the Mind of a Garden Design - Shallow Sloping Gardens
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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5 simple changes to make a garden interesting
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Plan for the worst....
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Trees, just how smart are they?
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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How to 'do' Garden Mirrors - properly
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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7 Simple Rules of Garden Design
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Designing a front garden
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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What should a garden do?
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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This could be the best gardening book you'll ever buy
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Should you water your garden?
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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If you haven't got a view - what do you do?
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May 29, 2020 |
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I Want to Like my Garden - how to make your garden better
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May 05, 2020 |
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Make your garden great again
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Plan for Debris!
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Is the drive for perfection killing us?
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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The non-Gardeners guide to the world's best plants
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Plants to avoid if you don't like gardening
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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How your gardening habits should change to make your life easier & the world a better place
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Gardening in the 2020's and beyond
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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5 easy ways to love your garden more
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Boring Gardens and how to avoid them (part 2)
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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Boring Gardens & how to avoid them (part 1)
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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If butterflies could vote, would your garden win?
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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INside the Mind of a Garden Design - Asymmetric gardens
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Gardens, play space or interesting space
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Which houseplant absorbs more CO2 than any other - clean air anyone?
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Nature should not stop at the garden fence
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May 31, 2019 |
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Decorative Stone Mulches - and other gardening mistakes
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May 20, 2019 |
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How to Create a more Tranquil Garden
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May 10, 2019 |
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Urban Gardening - how to make the most of your small city garden
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May 06, 2019 |
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Oh no - It's almost Hanging Basket Season!
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May 03, 2019 |
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How to Design your Garden if its a Narrow Space or Courtyard
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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The Problem with Show Gardens.....
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Don't Plant a Problem - Beware of Grasses!
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Are Growers and Garden Centres really buying into sustainable gardening?
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Garden Paths - all you ever wanted to know!
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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How to Deal with Plants that won't Behave!
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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How to Design a Garden if it's all just Weeds
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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How to make your garden feel bigger - when it's not!
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Low Maintenance Gardening - How to get your garden right from the start
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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Why tidying the garden in Spring is not the best idea!
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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A lazy gardeners guide to getting your garden ready this spring
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Inside the Mind of a Garden Design
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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How to Design your Garden if it's a Small City Garden
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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How your Garden can help Save the World
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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How to design a Small Garden - what plants really work?
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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Hedgehogs and why you need one
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Here's something you didn't know about Mushrooms
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Banish Boring Borders!
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Hide an Ugly View in your Garden - Garden Design Tips
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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How good does your garden taste?
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Rose are Red & Violets are Blue... but is this really true
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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We need more Hedges, so please don't plant a fence!
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Why do my Indoor plants keep on dying!
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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This is what 'greening' our cities really need to be like!
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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10 Golden Gardening Rules for absolute beginners!
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Why do my Plants Keep Flopping Over?
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Want your Garden to really Perform - here's how you can
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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What Flavour is your Soil (Dirt)?
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Who are Flowers For?
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Bedding Plants - The 'Single Use Plastic Bag' of the Horticulture Industry
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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It's Time to Let the Bees Win!
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Trees Talk to Each Other - no really it's true!
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Popeye was right about Spinach....
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Why Creating Robot Bees is a Really Dumb Idea!
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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How to Choose Plants for your Garden
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Bee Responsible Gardeners
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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A Newbies Guide to the most Essential Garden Equipment
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Make Your Garden Easier to look After
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Get Your Garden back on Track
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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How to Not Let your Garden Become a Chore
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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The Plotting Shed - PlantPlots; who are we and what are we here to say
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Jan 16, 2019 |