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July 03, 2009

Revisit Pastures Bye at Hampton Court Flower Show

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is revisiting pastures old with their entry at this years Hampton Court Flower Show.   For the past 14 years, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has built a garden at Hampton Court Flower Show and the Chelsea Flower Show, achieving medals each year. Last summer, the Council’s drought-resistant show garden, called ‘The Water Table’

July 01, 2009

Gardeners wanted to help develop the Kitchen Garden at Chalkwell Hall.

Grace Acton works for Metal, which is an arts organisation currently renovating Chalkwell Hall. Grace has asked whether any Gardeners would be interested in a project they are running. Metal, working with visual artists, Ackroyd & Harvey and Southend Parks Team, are creating a kitchen garden at Chalkwell Hall. The garden will have four plots,

June 27, 2009

Ban cosmetic use of pesticides!

Ann and Pete Wilson used to live in Colchester but have now moved to Toronto, Canada. They enjoy visits ‘home ‘ but were quite shocked on their last visit when then realised the amount of chemicals being used by the local council. Ann said: “My husband and I are living in Canada but visiting family in

June 16, 2009

The Buckingham Palace allotment

During second World War, Buckingham Palace supported the ‘dig for victory’ campaign with its own vegetable patch. It is wonderful to see the Queen once again encouraging the ‘grow-your-own’ movement by setting an example and digging up some of her flower growing garden and turning it into a vegetable patch. The Queen’s 30ft x 12ft plot (we are

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