How to control garden pests UK

It’s no secret that our gardens are full of creepy crawlies, and that’s okay. Some of them play an important role in maintaining a healthy garden. Others…not so much. It’s impossible not to run a garden without encountering some pesky pests from time to time. And can you blame them? Your school or community garden…

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Why should we care about compost?

  No garden is complete without a compost bin. Not only are they the best way to dispose of your kitchen and garden waste, but they’re also an easy, eco-friendly way to give your garden soil a welcome hit of organic nutrients.   How do you compost? First, you need a compost bin. You can…

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Why use raised beds?

  Maybe you’re thinking about adding a raised bed to your garden. Maybe you’ve built one, but you’re not really sure why. Either way, discover the top benefits of raised beds, and get building and growing today!     Raised beds are brilliant. And not just because they allow you to grow a wide range…

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Fundraising for School Gardens

Cultivation Street Launch 2022 Fundraising for your school garden is a great way of ensuring there is a buffer of money to cover costs of compost, seeds, tools, and other necessary equipment. A lot of the time you can rely on the generous volunteers and donations for items, however it’s ideal to have some back…

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Raise Money for Your Community Garden

10 Simple Ways to Raise Money for Your Community Garden To run a community garden, you’ll need supplies – things from seeds and compost to tea bags and tools. When buying these, you can often rely on generosity of people, but it’s great to have a little income to keep things ticking over if there’s…

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Essential Items for Every Community Garden

Essential Items for Every Community Garden There are lots of useful tools that you can use to build the perfect garden. Often, it can be about maintaining it too. Cataloguing what you need and ensuring you have the right stuff shouldn’t be complicated or scary, and simply knowing where to start can be enough in…

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Wintersweet: Plant of the Week

Plant of the Week Wintersweet Wintersweet also known as Chimonathus praecox is a species of plant from China. This flowering shrub produces a spicy scented flower from December through to March. It has yellow bell-shaped flowers that have blood-red staining. They flower in clusters along the branch and have the potential to reach up to…

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