Posts Tagged ‘community garden’
Sow Your Own – Tomatoes
Sow Your Own Tomatoes An all-time favourite to grow, it’s time to sow your tomatoes. Now, there are two types of tomato plants, bush varieties which don’t require staking or support and can be grow in hanging baskets, or cordon varieties which grow tall. Cordon varieties do require support, either a bamboo stick in the…
Read More...Sow Your Own – Aubergines
Sow Your Own Aubergines Aubergines are perfect to start sowing in the winter months in a heated greenhouse or polytunnel. Although aubergines are becoming a popular pick to grow at home, they are a trickier vegetable to grow. But once you’ve mastered it you should get a full crop. The hardest part is the first…
Read More...GRO YOUR BEST – PUBLIC VOTE
Spice up your garden
This blog is not for the faint hearted, or for the cooler mouths. This is all about HEAT and how you can bring an extra spice to your table with these 4 flowers, fruits, and veggies you can grow in your garden. Rocket This peppery salad leaf is not only one of the fastest veg…
Read More...Containers: Top Tips with Miracle-Gro
Creating beautiful bright displays in hanging baskets, pots or planters is a great way to add colour to any garden – even with a smaller space such as a window box or balcony, you can enjoy cheerful bedding plants, all summer long. Container gardening is fun for all ages – there’s no digging required, and…
Read More...School and Calliope My Life Winners 2019 – Sunday Mirror
We are unveiling even more brilliant Cultivation Street winners this week. This time around, we are honouring the brilliant schools that have made their mark in one of our most hotly contested categories. Each year, hundreds of schools take part, showing judges their brilliant work and the important role gardening plays in education. We’re also…
Read More...Better Health and Ambassador Winners 2019 – Sunday Mirror
Gardens for Better Health – 1st PRIZE Lost The Plot We are unveiling more brilliant Cultivation Street 2019 winners – this week highlighting the plots that make you feel better and people who inspire you to do better. Our community gardening campaign has been blossoming since 2013, handing out prizes totalling £100,000. We’ve celebrated hundreds…
Read More...Regional Community Garden Winners 2019 – Sunday Mirror
It has been an incredible year for Cultivation Street. Our 2019 campaign has attracted record entries from across the UK since its launch in February. Picking the winners has been harder than ever. Today we’re revealing the first batch, who share nearly £20,000 worth of prizes, plus each finalist gets 100 stunning Calliope® geranium plugs…
Read More...Get to know: Masefield Community Garden – Sunday Mirror
Masefield Community Garden Published in the Sunday Mirror In a world that is getting ever more conscious about the environment and how to conserve natural resources, it is only expected that this will replicate into community gardening too. Many of the gardens that enter the Cultivation Street community garden competition, sponsored by Calliope, are conscious…
Read More...Get to know: St Albans C of E Primary School – Sunday Mirror
St Albans School Garden Published in the Sunday Mirror Gardens of all sizes provide us with the opportunity to get outdoors, get our hands dirty and learn some new skills. But these spaces can also have a positive impact of the local wildlife and the wider eco system. You don’t need to spend a great…
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