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About this site:
- Welcome to our eco gardening
resource library - from landscape designers to organic vegetables
........browse for plants and shrubs or find everything from
plant pots to timber decking online.
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- Founded online in March 2003,
theGardenPlanner has had more than four hundred thousand visitors
viewing nearly a million pages. From March we have done a makeover,
with a new format to give clearer navigation and a greater emphasis
on eco gardening.
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- We aim to support resources
dedicated to environmentally friendly and ethical causes -be
they organic gardening, water conservation, recycling or encouraging
wildlife.
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- There is a wealth of useful
information here, and you are bound to want tocome back later,
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Site of the month:
- December 2011: Westonbirt
Arboretum -we featured it before, but at the end of the International
Year of Forests, there is no harm in doing so again. The Arboretum
is home to Britains National Tree Collection and at this time
of year, as the Autumn walks give way to winter, they put on
their Enchanted
Christmas illuminated trail through the old Arboretum.
- See more about garden
designers
- Past featured sites of the month -every month we will select
and feature a website of particular value -it might be simply
a very well designed website, or it maybe one that has particular
emphasis on the environment and sustainability.
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 Book
Review: The Allotment Source
Book
Author: Caroline Foley
Published by: New Holland, 2010
- Price £20.00 | ISBN
9781847736642 | Hardback
The Allotment Source Book
by Caroline Foley is available from New
Holland Publishers.
This is a beautifully presented
and written book, full of useful information for anybody trying
to start an allotment. The photographs are excellent and they
give the book a "texture" that becomes almost a motivation
to go out and start digging immediately.
It is not a book that you can
read in one go. It should be treated as an encyclopaedia, although
there are chapters that I found truly inspiring and could not
stop reading... .read more.
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Courses and Conferences:
- 22/23 October 12/13 November
19/20 November 26/27 November , Oxford
- Urban
'City Block' Permaculture
The course will run over 4 weekends. Participants will embark
on a study of urban Permaculture design based on Matt Morton's
concept of 'farming the city block'. With this method we intend
for people to find more sustainable solutions within the urban
environments in which they already live rather than feeling the
need to pack up and 'run to the hills' in order to find a deeper
connection to nature. The course begins with an Introduction
to Permaculture. If you have already completed this elsewhere
this initial weekend is optional.
- See our page on courses
for other training events.
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GardenPlanner site
contents:
- Gardening -general
gardening information and organisations.
- Pots
and planters -not
just the ordinary, but also planters that will transform your
garden
- Garden
tools -online retailers
for everthing from wheelbarrows to electric hedgetrimmers
- Garden
accesories -planters,
pots, barbeques, decorative features and accessories.
- Water
features ponds, fountains
aquatic plants plants and fishkeeping.
- Garden
furniture -patio
chairs, tables, benches, loungers, hammocks, parasols, and swings.
- Barbecues -along with chimeneas, firepits,
- Outdoor
lighting -
- paving
& patios -products
and guidance on building patios and terraces in brick, block,
stone and other hard paving materials.
- Play
equipment -swings,
slides, trampolines and climbing frames.
- Landscape
architects -where
to find a designer for your garden or get inspiration from the
masters.
- Garden
contractors -
- garden
centres -where to
buy plants, seeds, and gardening accessories online.
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- General
Information -
- Site of the Month -our selection of soe of the best garden sites
online.
- Books -visit our library of recommended gardening
books.
- Magazines -read eco gardening magazines on paper
or online.
- Photography -beautiful photographs and prints of
gardens and plants.
- public
gardens -beautiful
gardens to visit and enjoy a day out.
- Events -what's happening and when -garden shows
and events.
- Garden
Societies -organisations
to join.
- Courses -where to study practical aspects of
gardening and garden design.
- Forums -get involved in online discussions.
- Advertise -suppliers and manufacturers opportunities
to promote your products.
- Contact -contact details and privacy
policy.
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- Plants
and Trees -grasses,
plants, shrubs and trees.
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- Garden
Buildings -garden
structures including:
- Conservatories -everything to do with conservatories,
greenhouses, glasshouses and orangeries and planting under glass.
- Sheds -small sheds, arbours, gazebos and garden
rooms.
- Decking -wooden structures -decks, pergolas,
trellis, and timber treatment.
- Playhouses -childrens garden structures -wendy
houses, forts, tents, treehouses.
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- Eco
Friendly -environmental and ethical resources.
- Organic -natural gardening without pesticides.
- Organisations -where to find environmental organisations
and groups
- Composting -recycling your kitchen and garden waste
for your garden.
- Pest
Control -how to
- Permaculture -information on the movement that seeks
to work with nature rather than against it.
- Water
Conservation -saving
that most precious of commodities in the garden.
- Hydroponics -growing plants in nutrient rich solurions
without soil.
- Wildlife
gardening -how to
encourage wild animals and plants in your garden.
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