IT is said that a sign of the property market recovery here is the sight of cranes on the skyline. No it wasn’t Confucius who said it but a bloke in the bar – and he did have a point! I have seen a few cranes dotted around, so fingers crossed that everything is on [...]
Waitrose in the UK is branching out into the horticulture market with the launch of 6,000 gardening products devoted to helping customers grow their own flowers, fruit and veg. Waitrose Flower Garden will seasonally comprise 850 different flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds over the coming year as well as 80 gardening tools and garden care [...]
THOSE of you who enjoy growing fruit trees will almost certainly hanker after a lemon plant at some time. They brighten up gardens – or patios – and fill the air with a delicious scent whenever the plant is in flower, But lemons are a challenge, even with our climate here, and, like all citrus [...]
IKEA has launched a TV campaign against garden gnomes, inviting the public to “Make more of your Garden”. The campaign, created by the Mother London company, features a 60-second advert and a two-minute music video, as well as outdoor, press and online ads. Freddy Mandy, creative director at Mother, said: “To us, gnomes symbolise the [...]
Victoria Stothard has won the BBC and Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) competition to create The One Show Garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, 9-14 July 2013. The amateur gardener will now be mentored by The One Show gardener, Christine Walkden, and RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal-winning designer, Adam Frost, for an action-packed [...]
I get many emails complaining that ‘wanna be’ gardeners here in Tenerife only have terraces or balconies and we do try and cater for everyone, including our readers in theUK. This week I found a new source of complete inspiration, ideal if you’re stuck for space. In life there are few things that are more [...]
People often ask me what should I grow? The first answer would be grow things that you like, either those you enjoy looking at – trees, shrubs and flowers etc, or, edibles that you like to eat. There’s no need to grow fields and fields of potatoes, but perhaps try and grow something which is [...]
RHS Plant Finder 2013, the 27th edition of the ultimate gardener’s guide to UK cultivated plants, will be available to buy from 11 April 2013. Compiled and published by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK’s foremost gardening charity, RHS Plant Finder 2013 lists more than 75,000 plants together with details for more than 550 [...]
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW this year promises to be as nearly as big an event as last year’s Olympics. The RHS are looking for volunteers to take part in this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, sponsored by M&G Investments. Taking place from Tuesday 21st to Saturday 25th May the show will be celebrating its 100th anniversary [...]
THE City Council in the island’s capital Santa Cruzh as temporarily removed the famous flower clock from Parque García Sanabria to avoid further damage. The clock hands need to be replaced and hopefully this will be completed by May. The Department of Public Utilities, run by Damaso Arteaga, has temporarily dismantled the famous flower structure. [...]
