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As the festive season approaches take the opportunity while you and your garden are taking a well earned rest to put some winter colour...

Hibernating animals are many more than we realise, so try to leave habitats such as piles of leaves perhaps retained by some branches or...

This picture has just been sent in i’m glad to say. The European water Vole (Arivicola amphibus) is a semi aquatic rodent. Water voles...

October Gardener with Tony Arnold ACIHort It’s busy time Welcome to October, maybe one of the busiest months, but still very pleasant....

Summer officially commenced on June 21st so let’s hope some decent weather does as well. It has been reasonably warm but with erratic...

March gardener March is the exciting month – the beginning of gardening year full activity - when we can hopefully get out into the...

Gardening, winter weather conditions and preparing for Spring Nature as we all know does what it wants to do and it might be worth our...

Our gardens in the UK are expected to be fast going to sleep but the evidence to date is that some plants are far from asleep with the...

NOVEMBER Wildlife alert Can we be aware that our unpaid but hard working Hedgehogs are looking for Winter quarters and we need to do all...

The October gardener has to sadly contend with the closing of the season but must also be able to maintain a positive approach to the...

A little over a year ago BBC Gardeners Question Time came to Forde Abbey. I was fortunate enough to be picked to put forward a question...

December and the Christmas Gardener This is a good time and opportunity while you and your garden are taking a well earned rest to take a...