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    Monthly Archive for: "August, 2020"
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    Choosing Hardy Garden Ferns
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    By Alan Down
    In Plant Focus
    Posted August 19, 2020

    Choosing Hardy Garden Ferns

    Choosing hardy garden ferns can be daunting! But it needn’t be and you shouldn’t be put off by the tongue twisting names! Why plant hardy ferns? Hardy garden ferns may not hit you in [...]

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    A Garden Studio review
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    By Alan Down
    In Product Review
    Posted August 11, 2020

    A Garden Studio review

    A Garden Studio was constructed in our garden a year ago. It’s been a huge success in so many ways!   This building was constructed on site by Creative Garden Studios.     [...]

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    About Alan

    Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days.

    Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants – wildflowers at that time – would direct my career…

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    Alan E Down · 7 hours ago
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    Back from #chelseaflowershow2022 and into the #garden !
    1st picking of broad bean Luz de Otono and there loads. @KingsSeeds_UK https://t.co/TNCG6V0eVL
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    Alan E Down · 11 hours ago
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    Slugs and snails hate garlic! Here’s a simple recipe to make your own fortnightly #organic #peaticidefree spray. Credit Hogarth Hostas #chelseaflowershow2022
    @The_RHS @GdnMediaGuild @jackwallington https://t.co/SQzUcsvpUL
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    Alan E Down · 12 hours ago
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    Well done Neil and Niamh!
    Great result for your very first #ChelseaFlowerShow ! https://t.co/oh7MJglfqY
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    The Judges awarded us with Silver Gilt Medal at Chelsea Flower show @The_RHS https://t.co/286lqFQhvr https://t.co/9Syr2hXr0X
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