Gazette & Herald | Gardening

Taste the success of growing fruit

8:00am Wednesday 12th June 2013

AS I write, we have the jet steam over Iceland and Norway drawing up warm weather from the Mediterranean bringing, we hope, a settled summer and salads.

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Iris eyes shine

8:00am Saturday 8th June 2013

GINA PARKINSON welcomes the appearance of a low-key beauty from the iris family

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A tidy solution for spring bulbs

8:00am Saturday 1st June 2013

A NEW month begins and our gardens burst with growth.

Garden fires up at last

12:11pm Saturday 11th May 2013

GINA PARKINSON just loves the cottage garden combination of two common plants, native primrose and pulmonaria

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Hoe, hoe, hoe to beat those weeds

8:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

Welcome to the first monthly column by our new gardening writer Mike I’Anson, already known to many of you as manager of Helmsley Walled Garden

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New polytunnel opened at Helmsley Walled Garden spring fair

11:05am Wednesday 1st May 2013

THE sun finally arrived on cue for Helmsley Walled Garden’s annual spring fair.

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When size isn’t everything

2:20pm Saturday 27th April 2013

They may be only inches tall, but you can’t measure dwarf iris by size alone, says GINA PARKINSON

Daffodils arrive at last

2:04pm Saturday 13th April 2013

GINA PARKINSON marvels that she has got to April without mention of daffodils, but puts that right after a sunny weekend in the garden

Plan ahead for when big chill finally lifts

11:09am Saturday 30th March 2013

GINA PARKINSON despairs of ever getting outside but does find some jobs that can be done in this chilliest of spells

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Prim and proper

9:00am Saturday 23rd March 2013

GINA PARKINSON plots for some colour to lighten up the grey skies.

Chance to enjoy our floral finest with National Gardens Scheme

11:53am Tuesday 12th March 2013

MORE gardens across North and East Yorkshire are being opened to the public to raise money for charity this summer as part of the National Gardens Scheme (NGS).

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Most magical time of the year

11:51am Saturday 9th March 2013

GINA PARKINSON is excited by the budding sense of spring, and offers advice on how to plant a hedge.

Time for rhubarb and renovation in the garden

12:30pm Saturday 2nd March 2013

GINA PARKINSON sniffs spring in the air and gives advice on jobs to be done during the month of March

The cheering presence of snowdrops

10:56am Saturday 23rd February 2013

GINA PARKINSON welcomes the cheering presence of snowdrops, and sets to on the borderlands between gardens.

New growth in the garden raises spirits

1:09pm Saturday 16th February 2013

As spring approaches, GINA PARKINSON finds that there are jobs to be done inside and out

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Ready to spring

12:07pm Saturday 9th February 2013

GINA PARKINSON finally gets outside for a proper spell in the garden.

Colour in winter

11:31am Saturday 26th January 2013

Beaten by the snow, GINA PARKINSON goes for a local walk instead and then returns to see what can be done.

Early signs of life

1:36pm Saturday 19th January 2013

GINA PARKINSON finds it is far too cold to stay outside for long, but her spirits are lifted by the sight of a hellebore showing signs of new life

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Winter Jasmine

8:00am Saturday 12th January 2013

Winter jasmine cheers up the chilly garden and heralds brighter things to come, writes GINA PARKINSON.

Honesty is the best policy

8:00am Saturday 5th January 2013

GINA PARKINSON ventures outside and is cheered by the honesty – and squares up to a border in need of attention