Gardening April 2025 – Alison Agnew
Spring has suddenly sprung and we are out and about enjoying the glories of the vibrant camellia and blousey magnolia. But take a good look around you and there’s one colour that...
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Gardening March 2025 – Alison Agnew
Spring is officially here and so is the sunshine. And as the buds and shoots start to appear gardening is well and truly back on the agenda. Our resident gardening expert is...
Gardening February 2025 – Alison Agnew
How to create a garden Our resident gardening expert gives us some advice on making a new garden. I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to make a few gardens in...
Gardening January 2025 – Alison Agnew
What’s better on a dreary winter’s day than looking forward to summer in the garden. Pictures from Alison Agnew’s ‘open gardens’ banishes those winter blues as she takes a good look at...
Gardening December 2024 – Alison Agnew
When it comes to gardening we’ve all had our success and failures. What’s good to know is that even the experts have theirs. Here’s Alison Agnew with hers. Follies and Failures I’ve...
Gardening – November 2024 – Alison Agnew
This month our resident gardening expert, Alison Agnew, has some ideas on how the blues can bring a bit of cheer to our gardens at this time of year. But first, standby...
Veryan allotments grand opening
Veryan allotments and community orchard were officially opened in October. In just a few months the site off Pendower Road has been transformed from this: To this: The event on 5 October...
Gardening – October 2024 – Alison Agnew
Now autumn is really upon us how about a family ‘day out’ with Alison Agnew, our resident gardening expert, to cheer ourselves up. My apologies for failing to write an article for...
Gardening – August 2024 – Alison Agnew
Good Bug, Bad Bug I hope that by the time this article comes out we will have had a few days of summer weather to encourage us outside to look closely at...
Gardening – July 2024 – Alison Agnew
Thistley Things With so many very thorny political debates around us, my thoughts turned to prickly plants and flowers (this sounds like a ‘Thought for the day’ link!). Many of these do...