What a remarkable year for wildlife 2016 was. The long summer provided for the needs of multiple broods in many of our indigenous and resident species, vertebrate and invertebrate alike. Dragonfly Sympetrum striolatum It was pleasant to see the ongoing work in the RHS gardens at Hyde Hall in Essex
Read more →I’ve always wanted a little bit of woodland as part of my garden. Living in tied accommodation however, means you get what you get and keep it tidy and maintained. It was nice when we moved to find that our new garden abutted an untidy, overgrown orchard; not ours but a nice compromise.
Read more →Photographs of the PGG Pest Management Masterclass at Newnham College in Cambridge on September 11th 2013. A great day covering a varied but fascinating subject – from the ones we should all know and remember to the new non-natives now surviving happily in the UK and a few we need
Read more →Plants part 2…The move Maintaining memories Living in our previous tied accommodation had left us with many lovely memories of time spent in the garden, part of these memories was impacted on by the plants we had, and the thought of leaving everything behind could not be entertained. The biggest
Read more →After last year’s successful introduction, the PGG have organised a new series of one day garden pest management masterclasses around the UK to help you understand, recognise and control garden pests. The venues for this year are: Abbotswood Gardens on June 20th and Newnham College on September 11th. All levels
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