Gardeners’ World Live is one of my favourite shows with lots of practical ideas for improving my garden. I love this herb and water garden made out of old ceramic sinks. A simple and practical way to recycle. As in previous years, the organisers are offering a pair of free tickets for the show for readers of this blog. The tickets, for two adults, is for Sunday 18th June from 9am onwards. Please leave a comment at the end of this piece and a name will be randomly selected by the organisers. The prize doesn’t include the parking fee. Please see terms and conditions in the link.
More photos from last year’s show. Any container can become a water feature. This modern plastic pot contains grasses, reeds and a miniature water Lily.
Inspiring displays of plants alongside the plant sales area.
Spectacular topiary, bonsai trees and shrubs inside the marquee. There’s also a stage for talks with specialist speakers booked for the show.
Houseplants also feature in the display areas and are included in the talks.
More gardens from last year’s show. Plenty of paving and planting ideas.
Details of the tickets offered in the prize draw:
The winning tickets will be two adult tickets for Sunday 18 June, from 9am entry. Tickets are non-refundable, non-exchangeable and non-transferable, and do not include parking, travel, accommodation or expenses. Full ticket terms & conditions are available at: https://www.immediatelive.com/ticket-terms-and-conditions/
The winning name will be announced on Sunday 11th June on here.
Hope you are all having a happy gardening week. It’s terribly cold here in the Midlands with night time temperatures in single figures, down to 5C which is very chilly for June. Usually I open all the doors and windows in the greenhouse and leave them open for summer. But they are firmly closed for the time being. Tomatoes and peppers are worst affected. They have simply stopped growing. Hopefully, sunny and warm weather is on the way for the weekend. Fingers crossed.
I wrote about GWLive here:
https://bramblegarden.com/2019/06/14/bbc-gardeners-world-live/
And here
https://bramblegarden.com/2021/07/03/gardeners-world-live-two-tickets-to-give-away/
https://bramblegarden.com/2021/08/25/bbc-gardeners-world-live-show-2021/
https://bramblegarden.com/2017/06/16/behind-the-scenes-tour-at-gardeners-world-live-show/
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Midlander too and I’m concerned for all the baby plants that aren’t hardy. We don’t have a green house so it’s up to the garden gods if things make it. The tomatoes are in limbo. We’re getting much needed rain at the weekend apparently but I hope that doesn’t mean no growth on the veggies.
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Luckily, it’s turned hot now, but plants aren’t liking the sudden change from cold to hot- and still no rain in leicestershire.
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An enjoyable post but please don’t put us in the draw – although we subscribe to the magazine we are unable to manage exhibitions any more.
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Thank you Derrick. Have a lovely weekend. Very hot weather here now. Plants don’t like the sudden change from cold to hot- and still no rain here. x
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Nor here, Karen. Thank you very much
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I’ve used old wooden library trays that pocket tickets (those were the days) used to be filed in to grow hyacinths. They only lasted a couple of seasons but were great for narrow windowsills. Nice prize… can’t believe I’ve never been to Gardeners World Live!
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Thank you Ella. Those sound really lovely. I love recycling anything and giving it a second life in the garden.
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Would you like to go Ella? Your name has been randomly selected by the organisers. Just a reminder that the ticket doesn’t include car parking which is quite expensive. E mail me for details. k.gimson@btinternet.com
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Yes please Karen, that would be lovely! We can book the parking in advance online I see, so will do that. Thank you very much. X
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Please send me an e mail Ella and I’ll forward the details for the digital tickets. Any problems please ring me. Xx k.gimson@btinternet.com
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I use boxes that frozen dog food comes in. They fit on the top of my Daleks when nearly full. Easy to piece for when full, but are very fragile for single use only.
I leave them out to collect rain water and could paint them at on the outside.
Thanks for the chance to win tickets!
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Thank you Suella. That’s a great idea! Xx
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My parents have said the same about the weather and are keeping the greenhouse closed too. We usually have cold nights here until mid June, and down to 3°C on July 1st one year, and my tomatoes are always outside from mid-May and were fine. I suppose our warm days make up for it though. Hope it warms up for you soon Karen!
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Suddenly very hot here Cathy and 30C threatened for this weekend! Plants ( and me) don’t like the sudden change from freezing cold north wind to baking hot! Still no rain either. Have a happy weekend. Karen x
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Some good ideas. We have a couple of disused fish boxes in use, but I am sre they could better used than they are, all things being equal, including climatic conditions.
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I’ve got polystyrene fish and food boxes from the local deli. Very good for herbs and salad crops – and much better than putting them in a skip. I think some places recycle them now, but at the time, they were just throwing them away, so I took them for the poly tunnel.
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We have grown lettuce – reread that to mean tried to- I’ve rooted curry plants successfully in one and passed them on, The winds, birds, general weather patterns, are not really good for growing tender things in such an exposed space as we have. There are times when you just have to nail down a cloche or two at the risk of losing them.
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