Category: Out Of Doors

Real Christmas Trees in Dorset – Grown with Care by Trinity Street Christmas Trees

Discover Dorset-grown real Christmas trees from Trinity Street Christmas Trees in Dorchester – locally farmed, freshly cut, and full of festive charm. Dorset’s expert...

Tucking up for winter

Winter prep: Pete Harcom has your November garden tasks including planting trees, caring for tender plants, composting and providing food for birds Even in the...

October diary | The Voice of the Allotment

Barry Cuff takes a look back at his diary of what happened on his Sturminster Newton plot last month October was a very wet month,...

Community saddened by abrupt closure of local garden centre

Thorngrove Garden Centre, having been at the heart of Gillingham for more than 50 years, has been closed to the public, though it currently...

Time to get busy …

Autumn at Thorngrove: from hanging basket workshops to Halloween crafts, it’s a season full of events, creativity and community fun Autumn is here, and we...

Why dig when you don’t have to?

The no-dig school of gardening isn’t just for the veg patch, says Pete Harcom: get healthier soil, fewer weeds and more insects, as nature...

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Weaning a Thoroughbred Foal

It’s September, and the first lot of early foals born in February and March have turned five months and are weaned and roaming their...

A Short History of Dorset’s Seaside Arcades from Penny Falls to Pocket Screens

There's a particular sound on Weymouth seafront once the summer crowds have gone home. Coins inch forward on a sliding shelf, hang over the...

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