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Urban life - in the garden

5:24pm Monday 10th November 2008

IF you live in town and have a busy lifestyle but want to jazz up your small garden, Limited Edition may have some solutions.

Winter in wonderland

5:20pm Monday 10th November 2008

Winter offers a whole new view of Tatton Park as the holly berries make an appearance

It's a bug's life

10:57am Tuesday 7th October 2008

MANY of us are already tackling aphids on our roses and picking red lily beetles off the petals of emerging blooms but it is important to remember that not all insects are bad.

Let nature do its job

10:56am Tuesday 7th October 2008

AS July slides into August, a collective sigh goes up at Tatton Park. In many ways August heralds the start of autumn for the gardener.

Shed light on your garden

12:18pm Tuesday 9th September 2008

IF you are thinking of sprucing up your patio this summer, some well-placed lights could really set the scene. Appropriate garden lighting can create an ambient atmosphere where you can enjoy a few glasses of wine with friends during the evenings of the warmer months.

Going wild in the garden

12:14pm Thursday 19th June 2008

UPON training to be a gardener, the only wildlife that was mentioned came in three forms - pests, weeds and diseases.

Glad that you are back

5:15pm Tuesday 8th April 2008

There’s a subtle gladiolus to suit everyone’s taste

A room like no other

5:10pm Tuesday 8th April 2008

MY job in these 500 or so words is to get you up, out and into the garden. By the time you are reading this it is probably the merry month of May, the hawthorns will be heavy with blossom and a rich freshness of a world reborn will be all around you .. if you care to notice that is.

Springing into action

9:41am Wednesday 6th February 2008

THERE are so many tempting seeds and plants to choose from catalogues at this time of year, but how do you know they are going to grow into what it says on the packet?

Don't look any further than under your nose

9:33am Wednesday 6th February 2008

IT'S often the way that when we go out for the day we jump in our cars and drive out of our lovely county of Cheshire and head elsewhere.