Gardens
Chelsea Gold for Shropshire gardeners
July 20th 2010
Debbie Graham spoke to Shropshire gardeners growing fields of Gold
The gardens of Preen Manor
July 20th 2010
Rachel Crow visits Preen Manor where Ann Trevor-Jones has created a garden which grows funds for good causes
Chris Neil and the National Gardens Scheme
July 15th 2010
Howard Franklin visits Edge Villa near Yockleton and meets Chris Neil, County Organiser of the National Gardens Scheme
Roddy Llewellyn’s July garden
July 15th 2010
You have to be cruel to be kind in the garden… so get pruning
Ludlow Secret Gardens
May 19th 2010
Debbie Graham meets the people who will be revealing their secret gardens to the public this month
Wollerton Old Hall Gardens
April 15th 2010
Wollerton Old Hall Garden has been lovingly restored by its owners John and Lesley Jenkins. Photographer Alan Wilkes captured its springtime charms
Roddy Llewellyn’s April Garden
April 9th 2010
April is a wonderful month for us gardeners. There’s nothing like a fattening bud to lift the spirits and dispel the winter gloom now fast receding. We have six heady months of horticultural hedonism ahead. What a joy.
Howard Franklin talks about his latest exciting appointments
February 23rd 2010
Shropshire Life society correspondent Howard Franklin first visited Shrewsbury Flower Show as a boy. This year he has been appointed President of Shropshire Horticultural Society and the world’s longest running horticultural show
Growing vegits the new sex
October 20th 2009
"Growing vegetables is the new sex," said Helen, my dental hygienist, as she debrided my gums subgingivally
The lavender fields of Shropshire
July 6th 2009
Joanna Spencer has created a purple haze of scents, sounds and sights that make her English smallholding look like a scene from Provence. By Rachel Crow
Good riddance to sad cypress
May 21st 2009
The garden's a busy place in June especially if yours is blighted by the Leyland legacy.
Discover the secret gardens
May 21st 2009
What lies behind the high walls and gates of Ludlow? Find out on June 14
A bewitching collection
April 3rd 2009
Pat Edwards's Albrighton garden is home to a nationally recognised Hamamelis, commonly known as Witch Hazel. More National Plant Collections are needed - is there a treasure to be unearthed in your plot?
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