Gardening in the steppes of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region is a constantly rising learning curve. I dream of a garden-enclosing greenhouse along the lines of the Eden Project, or maybe a dome like the one at the fabulously revived Des Moines Botanical Center. May has been a particularly trying month, with an endless […]
Itâs not just garden plants and wildflowers that offer vital food sources for our wild bees. Many plants that some regard as weeds are also rich in pollen and nectar Plants and bees have evolved together over millennia, with their lives intertwined so intricately that one without the other will struggle to survive. We know […]
Hartley Botanic Tradestand â stand number SR32 Lancashire-based greenhouse and glasshouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic has this year been awarded both the 5 Star award and the Director Generalâs Linley award for its âprovenance and historyâ themed tradestand at this yearâs RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The stand, which has been designed and planted by RHS winning […]
Aphids beware: the earth-friendly greenhouse gardener has a secret weapon, and itâs homing in on you. Donât dwell on this for too long â it needs your quick-fire answer: which greenhouse gardening ally found in nature⌠is an acrobat, entertainer and plant pollinator, doesnât bite or sting (although it fakes the latter), rids plants of […]
Toni Gattone doesnât ever want to stop gardening. This prolific writer, dynamic speaker, and author of an upcoming book on adaptive gardening from Timber Press says, âWe all have physical limitations. Especially as we get older. But the question isâhow and when and what do you change so you can keep on doing what you […]
Press Release For Immediate Release Wednesday 23rd May 2018 Hartley Botanic Tradestand â stand number SR32 Lancashire-based greenhouse and glasshouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic has this year been awarded both the 5 Star award and the Director Generalâs Linley award for its âprovenance and historyâ themed tradestand at this yearâs RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The stand, […]
Growing dahlias with relative ease is one of the joys of having a glasshouse. Not that it is impossible to grow them without one â you can stick the tubers straight into the ground if you like â but starting them in the greenhouse gives them the best possible head start, and means that the […]
Avocados and mangos are both very popular fruits, not just for their delicious flavors and versatility, but also for their significant health benefits. Both are loaded with vitamins and powerful antioxidants, in addition to many other nutrient properties. These characteristics are among the reasons why health-conscious people are increasingly adding them to their diets. Most […]
Some plants, and oddly rather many glasshouse plants, have somewhat misleading common names. This gem has perversely come to be known as Cineraria though it is not a Cineraria but a Senecio. Cinerarias are so named for their soft white downy leaves like cineres the Latin for ashes. Some Senecios also have white or grey […]
This year, British greenhouse and glasshouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic is celebrating a landmark 80th anniversary. The Lancashire-based business, which was founded in 1938 by brothers Vincent (RHS fellow) and Norman Hartley has been making its beautiful, handmade and bespoke aluminium greenhouses and glasshouses for 80 âtrustedâ years, working from the same artisan factory beneath the […]
Have you noticed that produce has become more expensive in supermarkets lately? One reason is the cost of transporting fruits and vegetables from the southern hemisphere, another is unfavorable recent weather in California, a major supplier of produce, and a third is a decreased number of migrant workers available for harvests. If youâre a greenhouse […]
