Hartley Magazine

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Urban Orchards: a rethink

It’s been an exceptional season for peaches; my battered old tree produced its juiciest crop of fat, red ‘Elberta’ peaches ever—at least the ones that survived the squirrels. Daily combat with these rogue rodents reminded me of the fruit trees I’d seen grown in conservatories in England, often as espaliers against a warm wall. Protected […]

KEEPING YOUR GREENHOUSE WARM OVER WINTER – WITHOUT IT COSTING YOU OR THE ENVIRONMENT THE EARTH

GREENHOUSE & GLASSHOUSE MANUFACTURER HARTLEY BOTANIC PROVIDES SOME HANDY WAYS TO ECONOMISE ON YOUR HEATING THIS WINTER Historic Greenhouse and Glasshouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic has been helping its customers make the most out of their beautiful, handmade structures for over 80 years. Founded in 1938, the company is one of Britain’s oldest and most trusted […]

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HARTLEY BOTANIC – BRINGING A SELF-CLEANING GREENHOUSE REVOLUTION

– Brand New & First In The UK – Better For The Environment Hartley Botanic have always been innovators in Greenhouse and Glasshouse technology. They were the first[1] to bring UK gardeners aluminium Greenhouses and Glasshouses and have pioneered unique developments including a ‘clearspan’ design, the elimination of glass to glass or glass to metal […]

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Impossible Plants—How to Not be Suckered

Exciting new plant introductions come on the market every year. And yet, how do we, as home gardeners, know what’s real and what’s fakery, put up by fraudsters who will prey on our desire to grow the latest offering? Wouldn’t that purple-leaf tropical vine look great in the greenhouse? How about a pink-flowering weeping willow? […]