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Three ways to bring nature and nourishment into your garden
Garden Organic principal gardener Emma O’Neill share her top crest on combining intellectual nourishment and nature in your own growing blank space this summer
Find even more garden inspiration at the Autumn Fair this August , with place - savvy Beautiful Borders , stunning Showcase Gardens and so much more !
We ’re mad to be unveil our Ecotalk ‘ Rooted in Nature ’ Garden at BBC Gardeners ’ World Live from 12 - 15 June . Our drumhead of organic horticulture Chris Collins and I designed the garden to showcase how diversely planted kitchen garden can buffer the biodiversity crisis .
With more than 520 thousand hectares of garden in the UK , inter - unite garden can make a big difference to nature . base around our research paper , Every Garden Matters , our Rooted in Nature garden illustrates how nature and nutrient can be combined in a beautiful way to produce a diverse , foster space for wildlife .
And this does n’t mean leave your garden mussy ! Instead , by incorporating solid food , water system and habitats into your vegetable while , you may invite more insects and birds . This not only facilitate support the wider ecosystem and take your garden with colour and auditory sensation – but also creates bumper crops . Beneficial insects such as hoverflies and beetles , birds and amphibians will go as innate pestilence ascendance , recycle organic subject and ameliorate pollenation .
Here are my takeouts from our show garden that you may use in your own maturate infinite …
1. Mix flowers with your veg and fruit
An attractive way to bring in lively pollinators while reducing the need for pesticides , is to combine rows or containers of vegetable with flowers . Central to our Ecotalk show garden is a vegetable patch , pack with diverse inheritance vegetable from our Heritage Seed Library that are intermix with fellow traveller efflorescence such as snapdragons , marigold , nigella and herbs .
Have a go at using these combinations in your turn space :
2. Create a rain garden
Water is a natural hook for many beneficial insects and wench , and should be part of your veg garden plans . In our Ecotalk show garden , we ’ve added a pelting garden to show how – even in a small space – you’re able to mime the natural action of a wood or meadow by appropriate rainwater in a plant - replete ditch .
Fed from gutter , rainfall garden divert and release water lento , helping to thin the effects of flooding , stain erosion and drouth – making your plants healthier and more able to withstand climate extremes .
Here ’s the canonic approximation :
3. Fill you garden with holes, hotels and hideaways
Insect habitats are a primal characteristic of our Ecotalk take root in Nature garden . Some of our clever bug - friendly elements include decompose holes , hoverfly lagoons and a hibernaculum .
Here ’s how to make a hoverfly lagoon :
For more information and advice about organic horticulture , promontory towww.gardenorganic.org.uk – where you could also find out how to become a member and support the Polemonium van-bruntiae .
New year , new garden , new course !
We ’re through the garden logic gate into 2023 , with a legion of gardening trends blooming throughout the country . Fromhouse plantsreaching dizzying elevation of popularity , to the colour of the yr ‘ Viva Magenta’,read on for our full inclination of trend .
To get up close and personal with refreshful garden divine guidance , newfangled plant , the latest gardening kit and more , join us in 2023 .
Colour of the Year 2023
script - picked by Pantone , the colour of the year has been named as ‘ Viva Magenta .
Pantone name the colour as‘brave and fearless , and a pulsating colour whose ebullience promotes a joyous and optimistic jubilation , write a new story . ’
describe a world of colour and scent in the stunningFloral Marquee , abound with awarding - winning nurseries and showing .
Sustainable gardening
Whilst your garden might seem to already be very green , it can always be light-green !
Discover way you could make gardening more sustainable , like upcycling mutual items to make stylish features . What was a pallet , hessian pocketbook , bits of piping , and cannister cans , could become a plantation owner , grow bags , body of water features , and wildlife habitats .
Be urge on by the BBC Gardeners ’ World Magazine editorial team as they ’re joined by experts to give tips and advice .
Grow your own food
Looking to go from soil to supper this year ? Get brainy advice from the National Allotment Society at the event .
Peat-free gardening
Learn about the late peat - free compost from exhibitors who can offer face - to - nerve advice .
Indoor gardening
leaf does n’t just belong alfresco – convey nature indoors and be inspired by the Houseplant Hub .
Mindful gardening
Beautiful Borders return with this year ’s idea ‘ My Garden Escape ’ to give you place savvy ideas .
Gardening on a budget
let on different mode you’re able to let your garden blossom under a tighter budget , with advice from expert nurseryman .
Fermented foods
see the BBC Good Food Summer Show ( with free entry with your ticket ! ) and discover the latest foodie trends .
Feeling inspired ? come up out what else is happening at BBC Gardeners ’ World Live this June !
