Giving Something Back Horatio’s Garden and Planet Vegan Last month I attended the Gardens Illustrated Festival at the wonderful Westonbirt School in Tetbury. The weather was stunning and I saw two speakers- James Alexander Sinclair and Cleve West. Both speakers mentioned the work they have done for Horatio’s Garden- a charity in the name of…
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So I have lived in Marsden now for 12 years and I am just moving allotments for the fifth time! I have to admit that it is not ideal but I have learned a few things over the years. The design challenge of an allotment is to make the most attractive and use-able space possible…
Gardening in Marsden and the Colne Valley is hard enough with our unique microclimate- but the slugs here are really something else!! I would go as far to call them super-slugs and last year’s mild winter has made the problem particularly bad this year! At Ginkgo Garden Design we don’t want to stop including hostas…