Controversy this week. Marks & Spencer have smashed together two pillars of the vegetable community to launch a sprout/kale hybrid called ‘flower spout’, on sale Monday. The new vegetable (yes, a new vegetable) looks like a blown-open sprout, where once tight leaves now grow proudly into middle distance...
Earthworms have earned celebrity status of late. Big-budget marketing is encouraging the public to record the life and traumas of these usually low profile soil aerators. Yes, earthworms are in the spotlight in ‘citizen science’, but they’re not the only ones lined up for survey. Lots of similar schemes...
- P.S. John... was that Greek tragedy kind of hubris or just the ordinary ? - A good question Melanie. You know, I think both kinds apply. In Greek mythology hubris manifested as excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. In a way, garden centres/the gardening industry, in many...
Not only purchasing a garden and having it 'installed' over the weekend but also being seen in the media as enjoying it. Not only working a garden or allotment (Hey! Don’t I look cool in these wellies and it's so, so environmentally trendy) but changing ones career to embrace it. How many...
Thanks for the advice offered we are busy exploring all the possibilities given on this forum, and have so far booked Stand H22 (3M X 2M), at www.gardenpressevent.co.uk looks like this will be a good platform to get our new product in the eyes of the press. Found this show listed on the www.gima.org...
