2017 seems to be the year in which the world has caught up with the gardeners and realised that gardening is good for our mental as well as physical wellbeing. Or possibly it is just that the mainstream media has finally picked up the message. The formal term for using gardening activities to support or enhance wellbeing is Social and...
There's always time for a sociable tea break We all know that gardening is good for you so if you are looking for a New Year’s Resolution to benefit your health, instead of giving up this or that why not resolve to do more of something that you actually like? Yes, more Gardening! As well as mild physical exercise there is a...
As gardeners we know that gardening is good for you. Here are just a few of the benefits that you get from gardening. Share with friends and family who are so busy looking after their wellbeing that they think that they do not have time for gardening and let’s convert a few more people! Whether allotment, garden or balcony gardening takes...
Latin (more properly called botanical) names can seem like a nightmare invented to put off the new gardener but I encourage you to reconsider and develop a little knowledge about how plants are named. The practical use is that botanical names identify an individual variety of any given plant uniquely across the world, no matter what language the gardener is...
Welcome to the new Gardening by Design website and the first ever post on my gardening Edu-blog. Over the coming weeks & months I will post articles helping you to understand a wide range of gardening topics from design to practical skills and growing fruit and vegetables suited to the season so you can apply your new knowledge and ideas immediately....
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