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  Devon

  DEVON GARDEN CENTRE BECOMES WINNER FOR WILDLIFE

  Gardens : Wildlife

  Jefferys Garden Centre in Bovey Tracey has become the latest in a line of garden centres to receive Devon Wildlife Trust's approved garden centre status.
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  United Kingdom

  ECLIPSING THE COMPETITION AT CHELSEA WITH SURPRISE SHOW GARDEN

  Garden Furniture : Gardening : Gardens : Whats On

  Visitors to the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show will discover an oasis of tranquillity among scores of busy trade stands.

• From Sheds and Beach Huts to Wigwams and Arbours

  Gardens

  From designer sheds and traditional greenhouses, to playhouses and pet houses, this summer you’ll be able to set up an office, grow organic plants, create a blissful retreat or even make room for chickens - all within your own garden.

• Westcountry

  Eden Project to offer its first-ever course in practical gardening

  Education & Academia : Gardening : Horticulture : Whats On

  The Eden Project, in partnership with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is offering an exciting new course in practical gardening set in the beautiful landscape at Eden and at its nearby nursery.
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  Dartmoor

  Zoo's new head of plants returns to his roots

  Gardening : Zoos

  Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has appointed a new Curator of Plants & Gardens. And for globe-trotting Kevin Frediani, it's a return to his Devon roots.
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  Kingsbridge

  Growing pride in our town - the story continues.....

  People & Society : Gardening

  Over the last few weeks, Kingsbridge has begun to flower - first along the embankment and in the Quay area, then on Cookworthy Road, where a boat sprang unexpectedly into Bloom courtesy of the WI

• Tewkesbury

  Gardening Fun at Out of the Hat

  Gardening : Community

  Later this month on Monday 23rd June, staff at Out of the Hat, Tewkesbury's heritage and visitor centre will be working with a group from the Tewkesbury Adult Opportunities Centre (AOC) to plant a new garden at the rear of the building.

• Devon

  Zoo animals play part in national gardens success

  Gardening : Zoos

  Three rhinos and two elephants have helped win the top prize at a major national gardening event.

• United Kingdom

  Lloyds TSB Insurance reveals UK gardens are little goldmines

  Gardening : Insurance

  The UK's gardens are turning into little goldmines crammed with exotic plants, hi-tech tools and luxury furniture worth a whopping £18.6 billion*, new research by home experts Lloyds TSB Insurance reveals.
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  United Kingdom

  BBC Gardeners' World Live Returns To Bloom At The NEC As Part Of The BBC Summer Festival 2008

  Gardening

  This June sees the return of the hugely popular BBC Gardeners' World Live at The NEC, Birmingham. This annual gardeners' delight will take place at the BBC Summer Festival.
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  Devon

  Green-fingered volunteers get gardening for zoo animals

  Gardening : Zoos

  A team made up of Paignton Zoo volunteers, students from South Devon College and individuals from a local drug and alcohol charity is digging in to grow organic vegetables for exotic species on a Paignton allotment.
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  United Kingdom

  ‘THE GOURMET’S GARDEN’ ORGANIC GARDENING EXPERT AND AUTHOR BOB FLOWERDEW GIVES PUBLIC TALK AT EDEN PROJECT ON APRIL 10

  Gardening : Organic

  Bob Flowerdew is the UK’s top organic gardening expert, best-selling author and regular panelist on BBC Radio 4's “Gardeners’ Question Time” listened to weekly by 2 million people.
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  United Kingdom

  INSTANT GREEN LAWN WINS ARTIFICIAL GRASS PRAISE FROM GARDENERS AND LANDSCAPERS

  Lawns

  A NEW range of superb artificial grasses are proving ideal for architects and landscape gardeners working in city surroundings.
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  United Kingdom

  New kids' T-shirt design helps plant seeds of change

  Trees

  A stylish new kids’ T-shirt motif has blossomed into a money-spinner for a nationwide scheme to plant more trees.
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  Cornwall

  World's biggest flower goes to seed at Eden

  Exotic Flowers : Plants

  The Eden Project green team has harvested what it believes to be a record number of seeds from the biggest flower in the world.
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  Cornwall

  High summer arrives with a vengeance as a massive, smelly flower could be the biggest yet at Eden

  Science & Nature : Exotic Plants : Plants : Tropical Plants

  A giant specimen of the world's biggest, smelliest flower is about to burst into bloom at the Eden Project in Cornwall - just in time to cause a huge stink in the summer holidays.