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     The Japanese Garden in Portland
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    By Alan Down
    In Bamboos, Evergreens, Gardens Visited, Ornamental trees, Pruning, Trees and Shrubs, Urban Gardening
    Posted January 12, 2023

    The Japanese Garden in Portland

    The Japanese Garden in Portland   The Japanese Garden in Portland is an exceptional garden by any standards! Over the New Year break I made my second visit to this exquisite garden. My first [...]

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     Cloud Pruning and Lifting Canopies
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening, Ornamental trees, Pruning, Trees and Shrubs
    Posted March 16, 2020

    Cloud Pruning and Lifting Canopies

    Cloud pruning and lifting canopies of existing plants can transform your garden in a matter of hours. What’s more it can be done with little or no financial outlay. Many of us already have [...]

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     Explore the benefits of flood lighting a garden
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening tips, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs
    Posted November 12, 2019

    Explore the benefits of flood lighting a garden

    Flood lighting a garden is perhaps not top of your ‘to do’ list. However with shorter days and longer nights it can really enhance a garden. Read on and I think that you might see the [...]

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     Tree Fruit Crop Thinning
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    By Alan Down
    In Fruit, Gardening tips, Pruning, Seasonal Gardening
    Posted June 19, 2019

    Tree Fruit Crop Thinning

    Fruit crop thinning is top of my to do list now. An almost frost free spring has led to a heavy fruit ‘set’. This spring period, when fruit trees were blooming, is critical to fruit growers and [...]

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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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