The seven remaining East Devon District Council gardens which have been closed since the coronavirus lockdown will reopen from tomorrow. (Wednesday May 13)
The decision has been reviewed following the Prime Minister’s announcement on Sunday where new measures for exercise were introduced. Although the gardens will reopen, the council is reiterating that the strict social distancing...
What do zoo gardeners get each other for Christmas? A plant, of course – but not just any old plant. Gardeners at Paignton Zoo in Devon have given their colleagues at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire a Titan arum – one of the largest and smelliest plants in the world.
Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) blooms can be up to 3 metres high and 3 metres in circumference and smell like rotting meat...
The head gardener at one of Cornwall’s most beautiful attractions believes visitors can expect one of their best-ever Spring floral displays.
Thanks to the mild Winter there appears to be huge numbers of Magnolia blooms just waiting to burst into flower at the Antony Woodland Garden, which opens to the public on March 1.
And this year the Carew Pole Garden Trust, which runs the...
Plymouth’s popular garden waste collection is starting up again from 30 March.
This year the scheme will be extended by a month until the end of November so that people can sweep up autumn leaves and put their garden to bed for the winter.
The collection operates every fortnight – the same week that people’s recycling is collected.
Gardeners should start preparing early for their great slug and snail hunt this year as winter temperatures have provided the perfect conditions for their arch enemies.
According to Wyevale Garden Centres – the UK’s largest garden centre group - last year, gardeners spent £11.6 million in their battle to protect their botanical spaces, battling over 30 species of slugs including a...
As part of this year’s National Gardening Week (13–19 April), gardens all over Britain that normally charge for entry or are closed to the public will be opening their doors for free on Friday 17 April in a unified effort to engage more people with the UK’s great gardens.
The aim of National Open Gardens Day is to raise awareness of the diversity, richness and cultural value of the UK’...
Gardeners wanting to rid their spring flowerbeds of pesky snails can ditch the beer traps and egg shells and instead develop a strong throwing arm.
This is according to a new study published today, 16 May, in the journal Physica Scripta, which has used statistical models to show that removing snails out of the garden by a distance of over 20 metres or more is just as effective as...
Children from Yealmpstone Farm School in Plympton have been busy creating wildlife areas in their school grounds thanks to a partnership between Devon Wildlife Trust and Western Power Distribution.
‘Grounds for Life’ aim to equip the children with the skills and knowledge to create wildlife-rich green spaces and help them understand the issues of sustainability in our towns and cities...
Budding local gardeners and families are being invited to help prepare for spring at a new community garden in North Prospect.
An army of volunteers is needed to join Plymouth City Council teams at The Beacon, Foliot Road, this Saturday to plant hundreds of daffodil bulbs and strawberry plants in the flower beds around the building.
Police are appealing for information after a nine-year-old girl was grabbed by a man while playing hide and seek in the gardens at Dartington Hall.
The incident happened on Saturday afternoon (12 Oct) when the girl was playing near to the donkey statue at Dartington Hall. The girl, from the Totnes area, was approached from behind by a young man who grabbed her arm. She managed to kick...
