Tips and Advice
Plant For February | Dogwood
Our Garden Centre Ambassadors have a wealth of knowledge and ideas. They understand first-hand the needs of schools and community gardens and can tailor their advice to this. Our Plant of the Month is written by our 2018 Cultivation Street Ambassador of the Year winner Steve Purton from Dobbies in Milton Keynes. Steve has a…
Read More...Winter vegetables
by Kirsty Ward The nights are drawing in, the mornings have a chill and the bobble hat is securely on when I’m down on my allotment now. We are heading into winter but that doesn’t mean that the allotment needs to come to a stop, there are always lots of jobs to be doing and…
Read More...Reviving the school garden after the holidays!
Unless you’ve been lucky enough to have plenty of volunteers tending your school garden over the holidays, you’ll likely have a lot of work on your hands when the new school year begins. You may even be tempted to leave the garden until spring—but if you do, you could miss out on some great growing…
Read More...Tricks to hide your wheelie bin
Where would we be without our beloved wheelie bins? Long gone are the small, lift-and-carry bins of old, replaced by these gloriously practical, gigantic bins on wheels. There’s just one small problem… wheelie bins aren’t exactly the prettiest things to have gracing your front lawn. Wheelie bin storage units and woven screens If you have…
Read More...Enjoy the outdoors- Clean Air Day 2018!
It’s a well-known fact that being out in the fresh air is good for both mind and body, and what better reason to get outdoors and enjoy exploring somewhere new than Clean Air Day (21st June 2018). No matter where you live, there’s a national park waiting to be explored that’s not too far away…
Read More...Adding Summer colours to borders
If your borders are less than beautiful now that the glorious summer months are here, don’t panic – there are plenty of quick-fix and longer-lasting options to brighten them up! Adding colour is so easily done, and it’s super-easy to choose your favourites at this time of year, now that summer-flowering varieties are in full…
Read More...The Bee Garden!
If you don’t know much about the different species of bee’s we recommend you read till the end to see the stunning photos of the different bees that have so far enjoyed the garden. We have labelled them up for you! Enjoy! Who are the Bee Garden? For the past five years the Bee Garden…
Read More...Health, Happiness, and Horticulture!
Introduction Health, happiness and horticulture is the gardening club set up at St Oswald’s ALN Secondary School in Glasgow! As part of this year’s academic session we have been running a Wellbeing Award. This has involved the pupils going to PE for physical health and attending Home Economics to learn about gardening and healthy eating.…
Read More...The ultimate planting guide for your veg
Nothing tastes as great as vegetables you have grown yourself and it’s so easy to get started with this ultimate planting guide brought to you by David Domoney and the Cultivation Street team! So why not give it a try? But we know that the more crops you have, the more confusing it gets. Each…
Read More...The Top 10 Spring Plants to keep Pollinating insects
– Top 10 Spring Plants to Keep Pollinating Insects – When we think of spring, we often think of spring plants and flowers, and the buzzing insects visiting them. Bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and many other pollinators emerge when the weather warms up. However, pollen and nectar can sometimes be hard to come by. A…
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