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moments in pot culture: the horse chestnut
Words by Jessica Peace American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt was known as ‘painter and poet of the nursery’, when living in Paris and knockin...
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moments in pot culture: the pansy
Words by Jessica Peace After illustrating Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe, 19th century cartoonist J. J. Grandville sexed up th...
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green up your gaff
know your shit
Words by Jessica Peace Manure: what it’s good for, how to get your hands on it and what to do with it. HAVING A BREAKDOWN Basically, slapping ‘well...
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temptations in the temperate house
Words by Jessica Peace Last year we stumbled into Kew’s hot houses and conservatories when it got a bit nippy; since then their Temperate House has...
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moments in pot culture: the thistle
Words by Jessica Peace The Scots have loved the thistle since at least 1263 and so they should; apparently when the barefooted Norsemen (natch) inv...
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big urban birding
Words by Jessica Peace It’s been a while since we’ve been twitching (bird watching mate) but this week we’ve pulled up our thermals and strapped on...
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green up your gaff
bare roots
Words by Jessica Peace Got big ideas for your pots and patches? Illusions of rose buds of topiaried trees? Well, if you want to get started now AND...
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moments in pot culture: the lotus
Words by Jessica Peace The lotus is highly significant in Eastern religions including Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Due to its masses of petals, ...
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autumn sit down with the agony plant
Words by Jessica Peace It’s Autumn and we are being coughed all over on public transport again, time for a sit down and a herbal tea with G&T’s...
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moments in pot culture: the banana
Words by Jessica Peace ‘Let's all go down the Strand - Have a banana!...’ Written in 1904 by Harry Castling and C.W. Murphy, the ‘banana’ was bange...
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autumn plant based happenings…
Words by Jessica Peace We like plants in our gaffs, patches and faces; here’s a few things to shove in your cake and ear holes this Autumn. AUTUMN ...
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plant up your plate
Words by Jessica Peace We had a natter with Keeley from Plates ... WHO AND WHAT IS ‘PLATES’? There’s three of us. Kirk Haworth, executive chef, wh...
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