Potting on a Spider Plant

Hickman’s Horticulture shows the potting on of a Spider plant – Chlorophytum comosum.

I have no access to

Willow Weaving

 

This was a mornings work at the Saint Ann’s allotments – 4 of us working as a team to coppice some willow, sort out the

Mauritius 2016

Our two and a half week ‘field trip’ to Mauritius was organised by Nottingham Trent University.

My first long haul flight was trouble free.  Plenty of free

Urban Nature

Situated next to a large deprived inner city housing estate – namely Saint Ann’s – these allotments form a valuable commodity for local people,

Safari Maintenance

Woburn Safari Park covers 26 Hectares and a dedicated team is employed to look after and maintain the grounds.  These include

Copparding

Coppicing and pollarding are both practices of hard pruning which keeps shrubs or trees smaller than

Hedge planting

There are 32 miles of hedgerows on the Saint Ann’s allotments.  Tenants are responsible for

Allotment Gardening

During my free time I visit the Nottingham Organic Gardeners in the Whitemoor area of Nottingham.  I love working in the outdoors, getting my fingers dirty, and

Woburn Abbey Gardens

Driving the John Deere Gator was a daily part of getting ourselves and the days tools around the estate.

Many of the plants were kept at

Crystal Palace

Thursdays was a cycle out to Athol House, a Leonard Cheshire home near Crystal Palace, who provide services for adults with