Plant Botanical Names

“Latin” plant names aren’t really Latin, as in the language of the Roman Empire, they are a mix of words and names from Latin, Greek, and other languages “Latin names” is easier to say than Binomial Nomenclature, which means “two part naming system”; that’s lovely, but still doesn’t explain much. Why are these alien sounding… Continue reading Plant Botanical Names

New Year’s Resolutions

Happy new year, dear reader. If you want some real garden related New Year’s Resolutions, we are big fans of the super charitable National Garden Scheme, who actually put some effort into listing serious resolutions for grown-ups. I am much too mature now to be serious, so these are my new year’s resolutions: do feel… Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions

HortWeek, the coolest name in the industry, releases the last 2 parts of their peat-free garden podcast extravaganza

Read our musings on parts 1 & 2. Full disclosure: peat bans are in our financial interests, so we have publicly supported them for years. It’s nothing personal against people who want to grow with peat: we liked growing with peat too. We don’t specialise in the plants that most benefit from peat, we already… Continue reading HortWeek, the coolest name in the industry, releases the last 2 parts of their peat-free garden podcast extravaganza

Why John Lord’s Gardening Films Are The Best

More people have taken the plunge into gardening with a floral shirt and a medium pickaxe thanks to John Lord than any other famous plantsman in Ireland’s Ratoath Gardens There is at least an introductory paragraph of reasons why John Lord’s YouTube films are the best before I get to my reason, so let’s ask… Continue reading Why John Lord’s Gardening Films Are The Best

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