Dave and I are off within the next few minutes to meet our first victims – sorry, clients ….. Sooo exciting ….

The Allium leaf mining fly is a tiny pest that is causing havoc in leek and onion crops. It was first identified in 2003 in a garden in Wolverhampton it is gradually spreading outwards across gardens and allotments. Garden Organic’s Pauline Pears has found the pest on her allotment in Leamington Spa for the first [...]

I’d heard of cardoons, but didn’t have the foggiest what they were. Until I saw this lovely specimen grown at Ryton….

A cautionary tale dear colleagues, beware the Horticultural show when wearing a Master Gardener shirt – it sets the bar way too high; basically it’s dangerous! So here are a few survival tips if, like me, you’re daft enough to enter some produce to compete against the district’s best. 1. Be crafty with the categories [...]

Kim and Nigel Garner visited Highgrove last week, the organic gardens of the HRH The Prince of Wales. They spent the morning touring the gardens and swapping ideas with Garden Organic partners. Please see their personal account of the garden below. News: Norfolk Master Composters meet Royalty News: HRH hosts reception for Garden Organic Image [...]