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moments in pot culture: the lily
Words by Jessica Peace Renaissance painters of the 15th century used the Lily as a symbol of virginity and innocence. In, ‘Annunciation’, dashed ou...
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seeds for sunburn
Words by Jessica Peace Forgot the factor 30 on your shoulders… knees and toes - time to call on Agony Plant and get that mossy first aid box open. ...
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moments in pot culture: the fox glove
Words by Jessica Peace Those hill climbing, swooning, Victorian romantics (and ex-poet laureates) scrawled the foxglove into a few of their big num...
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plant porn: buddleja
Words by Jessica Peace Its nickname is the ‘butterfly bush’ for a start. The buddleja has gotten itself a bad rep, people are sick of seeing them b...
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we can be (plant) heroes: björk
Words by Jessica Peace We’ll be looking at some serious plant heads and heroes - and there are many. A few Sundays ago you might of heard Björk bel...
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moments in pot culture: the iris
Words by Jessica Peace In the 12th Century Luis VII covered The House of France with ‘fleur-de-lis’ or yellow Iris, this emblem still remains today...
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come on and courgette
Words by Jessica Peace Summer is here, what can we plant - that we won’t kill... The courgette! Easy going, big on producing the goods, you can do’...
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on the forage
Words by Jessica Peace We went on a little evening forage… and it was WILD. The forage was put together by our mates at The South London Botanical ...
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rubbin' it in
Words by Jessica Peace So, the gate is done and we can stop bangin’ on after one last look at our fave geranium offering - oil. Here’s how to make...
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moments in pot culture: the pea
Words by Jessica Peace Still buzzin’ from the thrills of ‘The Seedlip Garden’, we are thinking of pea’s pop history... Hans Christian Anderson brou...
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peas, pearl fishing and pelargoniums: our top 5 chelsea gardens 2018
Words by Jessica Peace We’ve finally flung our pelargoniums onto The Bull Ring Gate (CHECK EM OUT): and we’ve spent the day knocking about on the ...
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...did someone say ‘vintage emporium’?
Words by Jessica Peace Need to grab some vintage stuff for your gaff? We’ve found Crews Hill Vintage Emporium, just down the road from our mates at...
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