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HNB promotes home gardening in urban areas with Saru Ge-Watte initiative

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, HNB promotes home gardening in urban areas with Saru Ge-Watte initiative Sun, Sep 18, 2022, 09:16 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. • Seeds and fertilizer to be offered at discounted rates • Capacity-building programs to improve technical knowledge for amateur farmers • Encourages home-gardening in urban areas, especially apartment complexes • …

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I’m Opens At Cummer Museum of Art And Gardens In Jacksonville For Final Stop Of National Tour

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Deborah Roberts (American, b. 1962), ‘The duty of disobedience,’ 2020, mixed media collage on , [+] canvas, 72 x 100 in. Artwork © Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist; Vielmeter Los Angeles; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Paul Bardagjy. Black bodies in white spaces. Deborah Roberts’ artwork literally and …

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Ask the Master Gardener: Can a trailing succulent used in an outside container now be kept as a houseplant? – Brainerd Dispatch

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Dear Master Gardener: I bought a plant called Mezoo Trailing Red in a 4-inch pot at the beginning of the summer. I used it as the trailing plant in a container design. Three months later the plant has trailed over the large container and is creeping across the deck. It’s a beautiful plant, so I …

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Delight at success of annual show as Reiss Gardening Club welcomes new members

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Trophy winners at Reiss Gardening Club’s 2022 show pose for a photograph. Marion Sutherland (centre) won the trophies for most points overall, cut flowers, floral art and the club member with most points, while Don Manson (centre right) had the best exhibit. Other trophy winners were (from left) Linda Tait, Shirley Alexander, James and Owen …

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A place to grow: the gardener and land owner pairings making happy unions and plenty of produce | Gardens

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Rocketing demand for allotments across the country – some with people on waiting lists for years – has made the ambition to grow your own nothing more than a pipe dream for many. Inspired by this mismatch between supply and demand, Conor Gallagher, a former architect from Belfast, gave up his job last year and …

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Meet the winners of the 2022 Dispatch Backyard Garden Awards

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You might call Tricia Brown’s garden the bee’s knees. The Lancaster resident’s organic vegetable garden is filled with a mix of plants, herbs and flowers designed to draw pollinating bees. The bucolic space was named Best of Show in this year’s Dispatch Backyard Garden Awards. “I was aiming just to get into the festival,” said …

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Gardens of WA: Gardening boosts mental health, brings people together and fosters new livelihoods

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According to famous Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism”. Insightful? Yes. Wise? Probably. But I bet Carl didn’t know any gardeners. A garden addiction is like no other. And you can trust me on that. I’m speaking from personal experience. Unlike …

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Maine Gardener: Falmouth gardens that feed the hungry are growing

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Pamela Hargest, horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, at the Gardens at Tidewater Farm, which she oversees. Photo by Tom Atwell The Gardens at Tidewater Farm at Falmouth is growing. Not just the vegetables and flowers grown for donations to food pantries and other charities, but in its mission and the infrastructure and …

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