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RHS Wisley Surrey Gardens Christmas Glow Illuminations

Don’t miss Wisley’s magical Christmas Glow illuminations. Returning to Wisley from 1 December 2017 – 3 January 2018, it will bring the winter evenings alive with fantastical giant flowers, dramatic installations and brilliant illuminated trees.

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Deck the Halls!

Christmas decorations have long been a part of our festive celebrations. Tinsel, originally made from shredded silver dates as far back as the 16th Century. This year British tinsel is back with its own unique and quirky twist. Holly and woodland themed tinsel is set to fly off the shelves and cosy in to the pine needles of Christmas trees in our homes.

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Gardening in November!

The bright and colourful resplendent autumnal days are making way fast for fresh and cooler winter days. Whilst the array of colours outside start to fade and all you want to do is cosy up inside with a log fire and warm duvet, your plants will also appreciate a little wrapping up too! Bubble wrap is perfect to keep your container plants warm and insulated.

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A life without love is like a year without summer

Forget the talk of laze, hazy days of summer – in the garden this is one of our busiest and most rewarding times of the year when all the hard work you’ve put in over previous months pays dividends in an explosion of colour in the flower borders and goodies in the veg garden.

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The History of Japanese Gardens

With a history that spans over 2,000 years, a mystifying culture and striking diversity from the ultra-modern Tokyo to the ancient Higashi Chaya Districts – there is no other place quite like Japan.

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April prepares her green traffic light – and the world thinks go!

If there’s one word that sums up this month in the garden it’s the word ‘busy’ because that’s what you can expect to be as we enter the growing season and one of the busiest and most rewarding times of the gardening year.

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Edible Flowers

Edible flowers have been enjoying such a renaissance it’s unusual to sit down for a fine dining experience in a fancy restaurant and not find a flower head or bud on your plate which is not just there for aesthetic purposes and decoration – you can eat it!

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February is the border between winter and spring

The clue to this month’s garden jobs lies in the quote above – February is the last of the precarious winter months and the time to make those preparations for coming Spring.

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The beautiful winter landscapes of Norway

The vast landscapes of Norway resemble something out of a fairy-tale and their rich history, magical folklore and extravagant plant life make the Norwegian wilderness one of the most wondrous places on earth.

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Northern Lights, A Natural Wonder

There are few natural wonders on earth that are as spectacular as the northern lights. This remarkable phenomena, also known as the aurora borealis, occurs when electrically charged particles carried by the Sun’s magnetic field collide with gaseous particles in the earth’s atmosphere. When the skies are dark, these colliding particles light up the night sky in a stunning burst of colour.

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