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Past featured sites
- February 2008: The
Monty Project -Growing Out of trouble -Monty Don began this
project in 2004 with West Mercia Probation Service and the West
Mercia Trust help drug addicts reintegrate and conquer their
addiction by working with the natural world.
- January 08: Old
Garden Tools -a fabulous collection of traditional garden
tools -generally available for hire by tv companies.
2007
- December 07: LILI
-Low Impact Living Initiative are a non-profit organisation whose
aim is to help people reduce their impact on the environment,
improve their quality of life, gain new skills, live in a healthier
and more satisfying way, and have fun, and save money!
- November 07: Room
in the Garden -bespoke 'rusted' iron trellises, pergolas,
fruit cages and gazebos hand crafted in Sussex by Jan Howard.
- October 07: Bristol
Street Trees: campaigning organisation that aims to stop
the felling of large trees in our streets, and lobbies for the
replacement of felled specimens
- September 07: Thompson
& Morgan -the people for seeds -offer worldwide delivery
for a huge range of flower and vegetable seeds, plus some useful
gardening tips.
- August 07: Postcode
Plants Database -find tailor-made lists of local plants,
hospitable to wildlife and suitable for gardens within your postal
district.
- July 07: Design
to Grace -beautiful, elegant outdoor art from RHS Silver
medal winner Natasha Webb.
- June 07: MyLandscapes
-site of Amir Schlezinger, designer of contemporary gardens and
roof terraces in London -Islington, Clerkenwell, Shoreditch,
Chelsea, Fulham, Wandsworth -some very nice clean elegant designs.
- May 07: The
Natural Gardener -specialists in biodegradable and natural
gardening products -peat free compost, seaweed granules, biodegradable
pots, plugs, natural pest controls.
- April 07: Blue
Forest -an amazing range of bespoke treehouses and eco-lodges
-this is just the site to dream of childhood fantasies.
- March 07: Heligan
-the fascinating story of Tim Smit's restoration of the Lost
Gardens at Heligan, now open to the public after years of neglect.
- February 07: Clear
Water Revival -Bristol based company specialising in the
creation of natural swimming pools and ponds to support wildlife
habitat.
- January 07: Federation
of City Farms and Community Gardens -charity that supports,
promotes and represents city farms and community gardens throughout
the UK -members range from organic community orchards to pockets
of urban space saved from development to well-established city
farms.
2006
- December 06: Alternative
space -a family run business specialising exclusively in
the design and construction of high quality Garden Rooms using
environmentally sustainable materials.
- November 06: Green
Gardener -specialise in the natural biological control of
slugs, vine weevil, aphids, leatherjackets and chafer grubs -also
offer a range of wormeries, worms for the garden, home composters
and wildlife products.
- October 06: The
Treehouse Guide -huge amount of practical advice and information
on building treehouses, with lots of examples from around the
world.
- September 06: Chelsea
Physic Garden -founded in 1673, as the Apothecaries' Garden,
this 'secret garden' is a centre of education and relaxation,
as well as carrying out research into the properties of 5000
species of medicinal plant.
- August 06: Odd
-makers of Odd's Old Rocker -a traditional garden swing seat
inspired by the maker's Great Aunt Trix's ancient upholstered
swinging sofa -just the thing for those long summer evenings.
- August 06: Wiggly
Wigglers -with their own podcast on natural gardening, this
site covers just about everything you can imagine to do with
composting, wormeries and gardening with wildlife -a wealth of
information.
- July 06: Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew -housing the largest living plant collection
in the world, Kew Gardens also undertakes research and is home
to the Electronic Plant
Information Centre as well as being home to the millenium
seed bank.
- June 06: Mark
Bolton -we chose the website of Bristol based photgraher
Mark Bolton for its clean, simple and elegant presentation of
Mark's beautiful images.
- May 06: Crocus -beautifully
designed online garden centre selling everything from plants
to garden tools at competitive prices. We particularly like the
simple elegant interface that this site presents.
- April 06: Modern
Garden -designer furniture for the garden and poolside.
- March 06: British
Trees -the definitive guide to British tree species from
the Woodland Trust and donated by Bill Unsworth in 2004.
- February 06: William
Pye -a fantastic site to find inspiration on using water
in the landscape, with animations of many of the sculptor's water
features.
- Jan 06: Veddw
Garden -the garden in Devauden, Monmouthshire created by
writer Anne Wareham and garden photographer Charles Hawes is
a great place to find inspiration.
- 2005
- Dec 05: Natural
Driftwood Sculptures -based in Bournemouth, Colin Harding's
business specialises in importing large items of natural driftwood
from British Columbia for use as garden sculptures.
- Nov 05: The
Garden Escape -timber garden offices, featured in Grand Designs
Magazine and Channel 4's Property Ladder.
- Oct 05: Crocus
Garden Furniture
-huge range of chairs, tables, loungers, deck chairs, parasols
and even outdoor bean bags!
- Sept 05: Breeze
House -award winning hand made garden shelters inspired by
the African continent.
- August 05: Special
Plants -Derry Watkins nursery near Bath grow and sell unusual
plants from all over the world including an amazing range of
hardy herbaceous and rockery plants as well as many tender perennials
for terrrace and conservatory.
- May 05: Alan
Titchmarsh -the website of the presenter of Ground Force
-gardening advice, pictures and personal profile.
- April 05: Westonbirt
Arboretum -the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire is renowned
worldwide both for its tree and shrub collection and beautifully
landscaped grounds. Today the collection contains around 18,000
numbered specimens covering some 600 acres of Grade 1 Listed
Landscape.
- March 05: Timber
Decking Association -everything you need to know about decking,
including Diarmuid Gavin, of BBC TV's Home Front in the Garden,
answering some Frequently Asked Questions on timber decking.
- Feb 05: Urban
Jungle -based in Norfolk, this nursery specialises in exotic,
tropical, rainforest and desert plants.
- Jan 05: Rosetti
Design -unique bespoke timber designs based in Sidmouth,
Devon -their specialist joinery range includes a green oak half
timbered playhouse., hand
made arches, arbours and playhouses.
- 2004
- Dec 04: Reckless
Orchard: a design lead garden design consultancy based in
the Wye Valley with a deserved reputation for community design
projects.
- Nov 04: Friends
of the Earth: Good Wood Guide: Different types of wood .-a
guide to different types of wood timber by A to Z including information
on country of origin, common uses, whether it is threatened with
extinction -a very important resource in choosing timber.
- Oct 04: The
Lost Gardens of Heligan -next best thing to being there -great
use of virtual reality images.
- Aug 04: Henry
Doubleday Research Association -the site for organic gardening
-everything dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening,
farming and food.
- to July 04: RHS:
Chelsea Flower Show -coverage of the worlds greatest flower
show.
- to May 04: Sensory
Garden -a photographic virtual guided tour of a specially
designed garden aimed at the local and worldwide Multiple Sclerosis
communities, people with other disability or chronic illness,
elderly people, their carers and people who are interested in
various aspects of Natural Health. In addition the unique fundraising
initiative brings together communities who are also interested
in Art & Craft, Music, Peace, Organic Gardening & Wildlife
and generates funds through donations, events and sponsorship.
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- Featured book:
- The Garden at Chatsworth
- the Duchess of Devonshire,
Gary Rogers (Photographer)
- Hardcover - 192 pages
(16 September, 1999)
- Frances Lincoln
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