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World Environment Day. Action wonderful gardeners
World Environment Day 5th June World Environment day. The Theme for 2023 : Solutions to plastic pollution Here are the shocking statistics on plastic. Over 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide every year. Firstly, we all know that plastic pollution is a complex issue, and affects all land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. It threatens…
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Wild things for gardeners, bee beautiful
So here is the question: Could you do one wild thing every day for an entire month? Wild things for gardeners sounds good to me. 30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ annual challenge where they ask everyone to do one wild thing a day throughout the month of June. I was sure we could…
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Let’s all help the beautiful bees
World Bee Day on 20th May The UN have designated this date every year to raise awareness of the vital importance of pollinators. Also, the threats they face and their contribution as pollinators. So let us all help the beautiful bees. I suggest we should all get involved for World Bee Day every year. Whether…
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Garden to empower, out the anxiety
It was Mental Health Awareness Week: Monday 15 May- Sunday 21 May 2023. To coincide with this week I chose my post “Garden to empower, out the anxiety” The theme for 2023 was Anxiety, which is one of the most common mental health conditions. Consequently, The Mental Health Foundation has found that a quarter of adults reported feeling…
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Beautiful Coronation displays? Let’s do it.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is launching National Gardening Week 2023 on 1 May, for a week of gardening across the UK. Read on for some Coronation displays. National Gardening Week (NGW) was first celebrated in 2012 to motivate everyone in the UK to get out into their garden. I am a well-motivated gardener, especially when…
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How wonderful. A tulip in spring
I have been planting tulips in my garden for over 30 years and have always chosen the luscious dark varieties. Tulips such as Queen of Night, Havran and Continental. These are absolutely beautiful tulips, but after recovering from a stressful time during 2022, I fancied a change. I decided, therefore, in future I would have…
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The amazing benefits of gardening
The Cosmos Queen receives a dahlia and some amazing benefits of gardening My dear friend, the Cosmos Queen, who first appeared in the post Greatest benefits of becoming a gardener visited my garden once the pandemic lockdown had ended. Racing across to this flower, her questions rushed out……. what is this flower? How did you…
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Greatest benefits of becoming a gardener
The story of a dear friend and her newfound passion for gardening and the benefits of becoming a gardener. We first met under incredibly sad circumstances four years ago. Sadly, her much loved husband had passed away. We stayed in contact and as I am a trained mental health first aider, I offered my support…
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How to grow cosmos for pollinators
How to grow cosmos for pollinators and for months of beautiful flowers Cosmos seeds are a half hardy annual flower which means they will not survive a frost. Seeds can be sown in a greenhouse or sunny windowsill between February and April. Similarly, they can be sown directly into the garden or into pots when…
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A powerful gardening for wellbeing story
Flower Power The facts are well known that gardening can benefit the mind, body and soul and harnessing the power of gardening can improve our mental health and wellbeing. Read on for a gardening for wellbeing story. In 2021, the RHS released research that revealed that people who garden every day have wellbeing scores 6.6% higher and…
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Wonderful powers of a flower
Why growing flowers is good for your health and the wonderful powers of a flower. It is a well known fact that gardening can benefit the mind, body and soul. Therefore, we should all harness the power of gardening to improve our mental health and wellbeing. Read on to find the wonderful powers of a…
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8 benefits of beautiful cosmos flowers
For me, cosmos flowers represent harmony with nature and the Greek word Kosmos stands for harmony and order. No wonder I love the beautiful cosmos flowers so much. Other words often linked to them are tranquility, peace, love, joy, beauty, and serenity. I could go on and on and on here…………… The usual annual cosmos…
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12 of the best dahlias for pollinators
I absolutely love dahlias, especially the best dahlias for pollinators. For their sheer beauty, flamboyance, and charm, they are a fabulous choice for your garden. Out of the various flower types, the pollinators need the single flowered, the anemone, the collarette and the star dahlias (also called single orchid) for easy access to nectar. …
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