Garden friend, Wildlife garden Ray Morris, Marden Wildlife 26/08/2025 Garden friend, Wildlife garden Ray Morris, Marden Wildlife 26/08/2025

Saved by the bottle

A bottle of wine inspires Ray to write about a favourite garden visitor

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Place to visit, Garden inspiration Guest User 25/08/2025 Place to visit, Garden inspiration Guest User 25/08/2025

A visit to RHS Bridgewater

A modern garden developing in an historic setting in Salford, Greater Manchester

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Garden inspiration Eunice Doswell 31/05/2025 Garden inspiration Eunice Doswell 31/05/2025

Monet’s Garden in April

An ambition fulfilled

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Garden foe, Wildlife garden Judy Taylor 21/04/2025 Garden foe, Wildlife garden Judy Taylor 21/04/2025

Asian Hornet aka Yellow Legged Hornet

Found in Langley

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Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 30/03/2025 Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 30/03/2025

Plant of the Month - Magnolia stellata

A delight in spring

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Wildlife garden, Eco garden Guest User 09/02/2025 Wildlife garden, Eco garden Guest User 09/02/2025

Doomscrolling doesn’t work, but could this?

Seed saving with the Marden Wildlife Group

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Gardening know how, Garden inspiration Alison Simpson 01/12/2024 Gardening know how, Garden inspiration Alison Simpson 01/12/2024

Book reviews

Inspiration for great Christmas gifts

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Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 30/10/2024 Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 30/10/2024

Euonymus alatus  - “Burning Bush”

An absolute stunner at this time of year

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Jane Cunningham 24/09/2024 Jane Cunningham 24/09/2024

Mad about tulips

It is time to think about choosing them for next year's blooms

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Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 01/09/2024 Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 01/09/2024

Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’

A late summer plant with everything going for it.

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Eco garden, Wildlife garden, Garden friend Jane Cunningham 25/08/2024 Eco garden, Wildlife garden, Garden friend Jane Cunningham 25/08/2024

The Bee Walk

A wakeup call about a well loved garden visitor

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Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 31/07/2024 Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 31/07/2024

Sempervivums (Houseleeks)

Ideal for hot dry summers

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Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 01/07/2024 Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 01/07/2024

Phuopsis stylosa - Large-styled or Caucasian crosswort

Pink, pincushion flowers above bright green finely divided foliage, making very pretty ground cover.

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Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 30/04/2024 Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 30/04/2024

Balm-leaved Deadnettle (Lamium orvala)

Good ground cover and interest early in the year

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Wildlife garden Ray Morris, Marden Wildlife 26/03/2024 Wildlife garden Ray Morris, Marden Wildlife 26/03/2024

Flying milkmaids? Surely not.

Milkmaids, Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower?

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Wildlife garden, Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 26/03/2024 Wildlife garden, Plant of the month Sue Pennicott 26/03/2024

Symphytum grandiflorum – Creeping comfrey

an invaluable plant for ground cover in shade

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Garden inspiration Eunice Doswell 01/12/2023 Garden inspiration Eunice Doswell 01/12/2023

Spuds and the artistic Fletchers

Digging deep to find Eunice’s hidden artist

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Gardening know how Sue Pennicott 20/11/2023 Gardening know how Sue Pennicott 20/11/2023

Do your roots need doing?

Tips and hints from the Tendershoots Zoom

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Garden foe, Wildlife garden Judy Taylor 30/09/2023 Garden foe, Wildlife garden Judy Taylor 30/09/2023

The Asian Hornet - what’s the problem?

A dangerous invasive species

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Garden inspiration, Place to visit, Gardening know how Jane Cunningham 01/09/2023 Garden inspiration, Place to visit, Gardening know how Jane Cunningham 01/09/2023

The Dry Garden at Hyde Hall

A place of inspiration even in the rain.

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