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Here comes planting season

The Thorngrove team aren’t terribly sad to see the end of the heat, and are eagerly looking ahead to planting season, says Kelsi-Dean Buck To...

Full bloom in the flower business

Charlotte Tombs’ successful flower farming business grew out of one packet of sweet pea seeds and some Instagram inspiration. Tracie Beardsley reports ucked away near...

Poor mangetouts and waxy brassicas | Voice of the Allotment

As the plot breathes a sigh of relief after the summer’s heat, Barry Cuff shares how his plants fared though the drought, and the...

Gardening with Pete this month

It’s September – if your garden has survived the summer, there’s still watering needed, planting to begin, and maybe no deadheading this year As mentioned...

Sowing the seed of next summer

Understanding biennials has led to a nostalgic flower patch full of scent and colour, says flower farmer Charlotte Tombs Biennials were always a bit of...

Pete’s garden jobs for the month

In the wake of that heat wave, Pete Harcom has advice on watering and conserving water in the heat, along with your August garden...

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Steering lives, not just horses, at RAC Saddle Club

At Bovington Saddle Club, yard manager Steph Buchanan has spent three decades quietly transforming lives – not just of horses, but of people too Anyone...

November on the allotment (2025)

Barry Cuff takes a look back through his notes on what happened on his Sturminster Newton plot last month Brassicas – Cut the last of...