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Sarah’s Monthly Snippets

Gardening advice and monthly tips from our Chairman, Sarah Squire.

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August Gardening Tips 2022

What a difference a year makes. Last August, I wrote ‘After a warm and rainy July maybe August will prove a little more settled!’ This year, any precipitation would be a delight and I would love experience the sweet scent of summer rain in the garden. I am old enough to remember 1976 very well, […]

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July Gardening Tips 2022

There is so much flowering in the garden at the moment and I think it is important to take time to enjoy the colour, the scent and all the insect activity that a wide variety of flora promotes at this time of year. Our gardens have become such an important resource for wildlife, as pressure […]

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June Gardening Tips 2022

June is such a lovely month because there is so much to enjoy in the garden. It is a great month for pottering, a little planting, a little dead heading, feeding and weeding but most of all just appreciating the abundance of leaf form and beautiful flowers which are coming into their own but still […]

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May Gardening Tips 2022

I really enjoy May. There is the excitement of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to look forward to, with its cornucopia of ideas and exuberant showcasing of the best in horticulture and garden design. And it is the month when the danger of frost recedes, so that in our region there are usually no more […]

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April Gardening Tips 2022

April must be one of the most exciting months in the garden. There is plenty of colour from spring flowering bulbs and early flowering trees and shrubs, and yet there is still the promise of so much more to come.  Alpines are looking particularly attractive right now. Look out for pretty saxifrage (London Pride), aubretia, […]

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