Jane goes knee-deep into the world of water lilies, Sophie profiles natural pest control, Tino visits a town filled with topiaries and Costa shares watering wisdom to give your plants the perfect drop. |
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| Topiary Topiary Topiary! We’ve all had our experiences with topiary and seen peoples painstaking work in creating shapes out of plants. It has been done for hundreds of years and while for some it is an absolute obsession, for others it is almost like condemning a plant to constant control and maintenance. Either way, it has a place in the world of gardening whichever way you see it and I want to share a yarn with you about topiary that has a connection back to some of my earliest days of making TV stories when I was starting out with Costa’s Garden Odyssey. | | READ MORE |
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| Costa gives some expert advice on how to water your garden effectively, and answers age old questions, like is it better to water in the morning or the evening? | | COSTA'S TIPS |
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| Tino visits a town that has shaped its image around a quirky gardening niche | | TOPIARY TOWN |
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| This week we look at adding some tomatoes, spring onions, zucchini and squash to the garden! Get your weekly What to Plant guide to see our top fruit and vegies to grow in your patch based on the climate zone you live in! |
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| This weekend, we look at planting some delicious alpine strawberries (Fragaria vesca), creating a lizard lounge to protect our scaly friends and take time out for some mindfulness moments in the garden (especially as we start to wind down for the year). Check out our Jobs for the Weekend for some more ideas and inspiration for the weekend ahead! |
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