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...
Hi Andrew Thanks for the reply yes you did notice a Nick Porter on the website I had intended to remove that it was done while testing the site (an oversite) I will get it removed. Pricing is something we are still working on I don’t suppose you know what the normal mark-up garden centres work on for...
A weekend back at the folks' is a rare opportunity for some actual gardening - and this time also for a wee product test.* We'd concluded that the solid plastic Council-issue compost bins (left) we'd been using for years were unlikely ever to yield more than a squidgy anaerobic thatch, so...
Interesting, this topic has had the most replies in the shortest time, mostly in support. Horticulture Cultivation of gardens The science, skill, or occupation of cultivating plants, especially flowers, fruit, and vegetables, in gardens or greenhouses Simple agriculture without many tools A simple form...
A rumour that the Garden Media Guild was preparing to 'drop' one of its most sought-after awards, the Environmental Award, because 'everyone is a green writer now' caused more than a few raised eyebrows among gardening communicators. Eyebrows reached their limits when the Guild's...
