Think of the shows as window shopping @Latimer. There is limited space for stocking plants for sale and none at all at Chelsea so take a bag to carry plant lists and catalogues and a notebook to note plants and nurseries of interest then order there and then or online later or go and visit in person.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
" To mark the coronation weekend, this episode celebrates the people who give up their time to help others. Adam visits a walled garden in Somerset to meet a group of volunteers who are gardening alongside those who need help to transform their lives.
At Longmeadow, Monty creates two different planting schemes for pots for shady spaces, transplants grasses in the jewel garden, and plants out his favourite varieties of tomatoes.
Rachel revels in the superb seasonal displays of azaleas in Shropshire. As peat-based composts for gardeners will be banned in 2024, Arit finds out what’s being done about the peat used in container-grown plants.
Plus a husband-and-wife design team who are about to create their first garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and a gardener with a passion for tulips who loves to create colourful displays. And there are more of the films that have been sent in by viewers."
I found the piece about peat-free compost in this week's programme interesting, particularly the chap comparing peat-free and reduced-peat compost (although I think he wasn't using green waste in either). Interesting that some plants did better in one and some in the other.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
It was also a real trial unlike the ones you can do on a gardening programme, where the numbers are so small. I always laugh at the trials on Beechgrove: comparing potatoes grown in a pot, versus the ground, where they use one pot. That is not a trial, the results mean nothing.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Let's all face it the use of peat for growing plants is coming to an end whether we like it or not but it can't be beyond the wit of man to produce a peat substitute can it? For a start sieving the sticks, plastic and glass out of shop bought compost can't be that difficult can it? I'm sure that professional growers don't have to deal with the rough stuff that the home grower is expected to accept.
Let's all face it the use of peat for growing plants is coming to an end whether we like it or not but it can't be beyond the wit of man to produce a peat substitute can it? For a start sieving the sticks, plastic and glass out of shop bought compost can't be that difficult can it? I'm sure that professional growers don't have to deal with the rough stuff that the home grower is expected to accept.
I sieve my home produced compost, and it takes about two years to rot down properly - at least it does in my garden. I feel that the sellers don't give it time to rot well, or as you say @barry island sieve out the impurities and uncomposted (is that the right word?) stuff. Suppliers are in a hurry to meet demand without producing good quality compost. Shame on them.
"A special programme from the first big flower show of the season – the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Rachel de Thame and Nick Bailey explore show gardens packed full of ideas and discover the newest varieties of plants and flowers that are hot off the potting bench.
There are herb specialists from Gloucestershire who believe that edibles are just as important as ornamentals in the garden, and a nursery famed for its foxgloves that also has an impressive collection of tree peonies.
Toby Buckland celebrates spring colour at Aberglasney Gardens in Carmarthenshire, and Arit Anderson spends the day with a charity group that gives horticultural work experience to vulnerable people and those with learning difficulties."
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" To mark the coronation weekend, this episode celebrates the people who give up their time to help others. Adam visits a walled garden in Somerset to meet a group of volunteers who are gardening alongside those who need help to transform their lives.
At Longmeadow, Monty creates two different planting schemes for pots for shady spaces, transplants grasses in the jewel garden, and plants out his favourite varieties of tomatoes.
Rachel revels in the superb seasonal displays of azaleas in Shropshire.
As peat-based composts for gardeners will be banned in 2024, Arit finds out what’s being done about the peat used in container-grown plants.
Plus a husband-and-wife design team who are about to create their first garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and a gardener with a passion for tulips who loves to create colourful displays. And there are more of the films that have been sent in by viewers."
I always laugh at the trials on Beechgrove: comparing potatoes grown in a pot, versus the ground, where they use one pot. That is not a trial, the results mean nothing.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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Suppliers are in a hurry to meet demand without producing good quality compost.
Shame on them.
"A special programme from the first big flower show of the season – the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Rachel de Thame and Nick Bailey explore show gardens packed full of ideas and discover the newest varieties of plants and flowers that are hot off the potting bench.
There are herb specialists from Gloucestershire who believe that edibles are just as important as ornamentals in the garden, and a nursery famed for its foxgloves that also has an impressive collection of tree peonies.
Toby Buckland celebrates spring colour at Aberglasney Gardens in Carmarthenshire, and Arit Anderson spends the day with a charity group that gives horticultural work experience to vulnerable people and those with learning difficulties."