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Guest Blog | Introducing Banners Broker – a new way to advertise online and make money!

January 17th, 2012 No Comments

Banners Broker is an online advertising network that manages the sourcing, publishing and performance tracking of ads that make the connection between advertisers and publishers around the world.

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Gardening | Gardens | Visit to the Green Dock by the Thames Barrier

June 30th, 2010 6 Comments

The element of the Green Dock that I had particularly come to see however was the large rectangular formal garden with ribbons of topiarised Yew hedging trimmed in undulating waves running the entire length of the garden, crossed overhead with angled walkways.

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Gardening | Sustainable food!

March 13th, 2010 No Comments

Wouldn’t it be great though if instead of having to sow fresh seeds each year you just waited for the plant to come up and produce food for you? You are probably getting interested now – particularly if you have limited space and time. You heard right plant once and crop for ever!

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NETWORKING! NFU MUTUAL AND THE GARDEN NETWORK JOIN FORCES

February 26th, 2010 No Comments

 Rural insurer NFU Mutual is delighted to announce a new affinity partnership with the Garden Network From 1st March 2010, NFU Mutual will become the Garden Network’s exclusive insurance provider, meaning it can promote its range of insurance, pensions and investments to the Garden Network membership.   Blanche Surman, Affinity Marketing Executive at NFU Mutual [...]

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Gardening | Sowing Sweet Peas

February 9th, 2010 2 Comments

Sweet peas are a great addition to any garden and are very straightforward to grow – however there are a couple of tips you can follow to get better plants and a longer season of scented flowers which you can bring in to the house. The first thing I do is to soak the seeds [...]

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Gardening | Garden Design | Book Review | Residential Garden Design with Vectorworks Landmark by Tamsin Slatter

December 6th, 2009 5 Comments

Residential Garden Design with Vectorworks Landmark by Tamsin Slatter Following instruction manuals on how to do something is not in my nature. I am the type of person who is determined to figure it out for himself without the heavy burden of having to read instructions first! So when I was asked to review this [...]

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Gardening | Garden Design | Improving your soil

November 1st, 2009 2 Comments

Autumn heralds a round of free harvests bought on by nature’s abundance. The colourful leaves that once adorned the trees in our garden are falling and with it creating a fabulous opportunity to create gardener’s black gold! In a sustainable woodland culture the leaves from the trees fall to the ground where they break down [...]

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Gardening | Garden Design | Enjoy your garden

August 28th, 2009 No Comments

Designing gardens gives me great pleasure. I have a passion about getting the most out of a space and watching the garden develop over time. This however pales into complete insignificance when the people who get most excited about the garden is the the people whose garden it is! when their friends and family also [...]

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Gardening | Garden Design | Plant spotlight Sorbus aucuparia

August 16th, 2009 1 Comment

Choosing trees for a small garden is quite a challenge. Most trees become far too large to even contemplate putting them in. Their season can also affect how valuable an addition it is to the garden. Space is often at a premium so you need something that will give you great value and not just [...]

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How will you use your conservatory? | Guest Blog from Helen Silver of The Property Styling Company

April 29th, 2009 No Comments

For many of us, a conservatory is high up on our ‘wish list’ – a room to be used all year round, a bridge between the house and garden, a calm and tranquil space that lets us shelter from the elements but allows us to enjoy (almost) being outside. The thought of being able to [...]

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