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The East London Garden Society www.elgs.or.uk is seeking persons to sign our petition to achieve a Forest Garden in central London. This garden will be on top of grade2 listed railway arches, probably be the largest Forest Garden in UK, trap air pollution, be a community growing space, plus bring beauty to an urban landscape. All agree on this venture with the exception of Hammersons & Ballymore the developers, together with The Space Hub their design consortia. The improtance of such a park, for all to use, is not only for the residents of Shoreditch or London, it is a way of informing all developers that Britain cares about it's environment. We are, as an organisation not against progress, however we are against unbridled satisfaction for corporate bodies who build without considering local communities.
For all the right reasons, please sign our petition, for our fight maybe yor fight soon.
The park by the design consortia has inherent flaws for it to be labelled a park, reasons as set our on our website.
Thank you so much for your attention.
For all the right reasons, please sign our petition, for our fight maybe yor fight soon.
The park by the design consortia has inherent flaws for it to be labelled a park, reasons as set our on our website.
Thank you so much for your attention.
Posted: Tuesday 29th of July 2014 12:34 PM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 02:34 AM
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There are lots of suppliers on ebay (the seeds only cost a few pence, so it would seem there is little to lose) - and interesting articles on wikipedia and wikihow. It seems these are not naturally coloured roses, but are made using colouring drawn up the stem of a pale coloured rose. The photographs on the internet all look thoroughly photo-shopped to me.
Posted: Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 09:43 AM
about a single stem rose i have bought
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can anyone tell me where I can buy the rainbow rose it is one of the most beautiful roses I have ever seen so full of colours of the rainbow I have searched on line and seeds come up from china but I don't trust them. the flower is the colours of the rainbow each petal a different colour. I know they were developed by a gentleman in Canada.
Posted: Sunday 20th of July 2014 12:52 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 07:26 AM
Banana skins
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Chopped banana skins (1"-2") are great for plants. Don't take my word for it, look online and be surprised: They rot quickly. Dig in near bottom of pots or well below roots; the skins have a natural insecticide.
If you've plants with shiny leaves, wipe them using the pithy part. This promotes the shine and imparts their natural insecticide which will deter aphids. :-D
Two drawbacks.= :-(
Not advisable for composting When the skins are warm they give off a pheromone which bees exude when in distress. If you come between a bee & the skins, the bee will become aggressive.
DON'T use for fruit or veg. The outside of the banana skins contains a carcinogenic chemical.
Hope you find this helpful.
Jude
If you've plants with shiny leaves, wipe them using the pithy part. This promotes the shine and imparts their natural insecticide which will deter aphids. :-D
Two drawbacks.= :-(
Not advisable for composting When the skins are warm they give off a pheromone which bees exude when in distress. If you come between a bee & the skins, the bee will become aggressive.
DON'T use for fruit or veg. The outside of the banana skins contains a carcinogenic chemical.
Hope you find this helpful.
Jude
Posted: Thursday 3rd of April 2014 08:40 AM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 09:04 AM
Re: Re: Where are my plants?
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thank you for your reply Angie - and Nicola - I have kept a paper log of plants in my garden for a few years so have a lot of uploading to do but looking forward to having them on this site and as I am getting older having reminders through the seasons.
Posted: Monday 25th of July 2011 02:19 PM
Re: Where are my plants?
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Thanks for the helpful reply Angie!
Hi Ena - please use this plant request form to ask us to add more plants. Each one is added by a horticulturalist and is indeed researched. It can take us some time to add them and we always have a list to enter. We will add them for you if we can and will write to tell you we have added them.
I hope this helps!
Hi Ena - please use this plant request form to ask us to add more plants. Each one is added by a horticulturalist and is indeed researched. It can take us some time to add them and we always have a list to enter. We will add them for you if we can and will write to tell you we have added them.
I hope this helps!
Posted: Monday 25th of July 2011 07:38 AM Last reply: Monday 25th of July 2011 07:39 AM
Re: Where are my plants?
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Hi Ena
Welcome to Shoot - I have been a member for a few months now and find the site is very good. Like you a few of my plants were not listed. I have submitted plant request forms and most of these have now been added. I'm not sure how Nicola and her team go about adding our missing plants but I would think they have to do a wee bit research first. Some plants are added in a day or 2 and others take a wee bit longer.
Here is a link to the plant request page:
https://www.shootgardening.com/plant/suggest/add
Hope this helps you.
Cheers, Angie
Welcome to Shoot - I have been a member for a few months now and find the site is very good. Like you a few of my plants were not listed. I have submitted plant request forms and most of these have now been added. I'm not sure how Nicola and her team go about adding our missing plants but I would think they have to do a wee bit research first. Some plants are added in a day or 2 and others take a wee bit longer.
Here is a link to the plant request page:
https://www.shootgardening.com/plant/suggest/add
Hope this helps you.
Cheers, Angie
Posted: Sunday 24th of July 2011 11:24 PM
Where are my plants?
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I have just joined Shoot and am in the process of uploading my plants but so many of them are not available on the site. How can this be rectified - does anyone know? Other aspects of the site are very good - I am enjoying getting to grips with it and feel it will be very useful in the winter months when I cannot get out in the garden.
Posted: Sunday 24th of July 2011 08:08 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 09:12 AM
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The Hatfield Country Show 19th – 21st August
Produce Marquee – enter your home grown fruit, flowers and vegetables in our fun show. Special categories for children. This is the perfect opportunity to show off your preserves and home baking too. The hunt is on for the ugliest vegetable... For schedules, entry form and more information see website.
The Hatfield Country Show has something for everyone to enjoy. This year, kids go free on the first day of the show. www.hatfield-house.co.uk
Produce Marquee – enter your home grown fruit, flowers and vegetables in our fun show. Special categories for children. This is the perfect opportunity to show off your preserves and home baking too. The hunt is on for the ugliest vegetable... For schedules, entry form and more information see website.
The Hatfield Country Show has something for everyone to enjoy. This year, kids go free on the first day of the show. www.hatfield-house.co.uk
Posted: Friday 8th of July 2011 03:26 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 08:10 AM
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Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is conducting a water butt survey as part of our “work your butt” campaign and Festival of gardening 1-31st March.
How well do you work your butt? Your water butt that is… A survey 3 years ago found that nearly two thirds of gardeners said they had a water butt but only one in 10 make good use of them.
WWT is calling on gardeners to help us get a clearer picture of the situation today, particularly in these increasingly environmentally and economically aware times.
So please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wwtsurvey to take survey and answer a few short questions. It’ll take you less than 5 minutes and as a thank you for your help you’ll go into a draw to win a year’s WWT membership.
How well do you work your butt? Your water butt that is… A survey 3 years ago found that nearly two thirds of gardeners said they had a water butt but only one in 10 make good use of them.
WWT is calling on gardeners to help us get a clearer picture of the situation today, particularly in these increasingly environmentally and economically aware times.
So please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wwtsurvey to take survey and answer a few short questions. It’ll take you less than 5 minutes and as a thank you for your help you’ll go into a draw to win a year’s WWT membership.
Posted: Thursday 24th of February 2011 12:52 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 08:23 AM
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Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is conducting a water butt survey as part of our “work your butt” campaign and Festival of gardening 1-31st March.
How well do you work your butt? Your water butt that is… A survey 3 years ago found that nearly two thirds of gardeners said they had a water butt but only one in 10 make good use of them.
WWT is calling on gardeners to help us get a clearer picture of the situation today, particularly in these increasingly environmentally and economically aware times.
So please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wwtsurvey to take survey and answer a few short questions. It’ll take you less than 5 minutes and as a thank you for your help you’ll go into a draw to win a year’s WWT membership.
How well do you work your butt? Your water butt that is… A survey 3 years ago found that nearly two thirds of gardeners said they had a water butt but only one in 10 make good use of them.
WWT is calling on gardeners to help us get a clearer picture of the situation today, particularly in these increasingly environmentally and economically aware times.
So please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/wwtsurvey to take survey and answer a few short questions. It’ll take you less than 5 minutes and as a thank you for your help you’ll go into a draw to win a year’s WWT membership.
Posted: Thursday 24th of February 2011 12:52 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 08:03 AM
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Hi Nicola
I would like to talk to you at some stage about Shoot attending our event so that you can promote your products directly to trade visitors - I'm sure the potential for you would be good.
Would you consider exhibiting?
I would like to talk to you at some stage about Shoot attending our event so that you can promote your products directly to trade visitors - I'm sure the potential for you would be good.
Would you consider exhibiting?
Posted: Monday 26th of July 2010 10:56 AM Last reply: Monday 26th of July 2010 11:01 AM
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Hi Philip - sounds good. Let us know how it goes, and also we'd love it if you profiled our 'Client garden care' service too in the section about Ongoing Maintenance.
Posted: Friday 23rd of July 2010 06:04 PM
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Proposed Title:
Creating Landscapes Trade Event
for the garden and landscape practitioner
in partnership with Landscape Juice
Venue:
Capel Manor
Timing:
October half term week 2011 has been reserved
This trade only event is planned to be an exciting mix of education, information, networking opportunities and key industry suppliers, taking place in the conducive environment of Capel Manor.
It is not planned to be a traditional exhibition, a designer show, or a retail buyers show.
It plans to address the stages of the Landscape Creation process:
Design
Planning
Build (hard and soft and planting)
Ongoing Maintenance
http://landscapejuice.ning.com/xn/detail/2074886:Comment:121518
Creating Landscapes Trade Event
for the garden and landscape practitioner
in partnership with Landscape Juice
Venue:
Capel Manor
Timing:
October half term week 2011 has been reserved
This trade only event is planned to be an exciting mix of education, information, networking opportunities and key industry suppliers, taking place in the conducive environment of Capel Manor.
It is not planned to be a traditional exhibition, a designer show, or a retail buyers show.
It plans to address the stages of the Landscape Creation process:
Design
Planning
Build (hard and soft and planting)
Ongoing Maintenance
http://landscapejuice.ning.com/xn/detail/2074886:Comment:121518
Posted: Friday 23rd of July 2010 05:42 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 08:06 AM
Blogs & Social Networking!
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Great that we can now add our blogs & social networks to our profile but thought it might be nice for shoot members to post theirs in one place. So here goes:
Blog: [link=patiopatch.blogspot.com/] PatioPatch[/link]
Twitter : [link=twitter.com/LauraBloomsbury] LauraBloomsbury[/link]
Look forward to linking up
Laura
Blog: [link=patiopatch.blogspot.com/] PatioPatch[/link]
Twitter : [link=twitter.com/LauraBloomsbury] LauraBloomsbury[/link]
Look forward to linking up
Laura
Posted: Sunday 30th of May 2010 09:28 PM Last reply: Sunday 2nd of March 2025 03:16 PM
Re: Brilliant!!!
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Thanks Laura!!! Sooo happy you like it:-). Please add more pics to your gardens? We'd love to see them.
Also you can now also monitor forum groups - by doing this you'll get a notice each time another member adds a new forum topic:-)
x Nicola
Also you can now also monitor forum groups - by doing this you'll get a notice each time another member adds a new forum topic:-)
x Nicola
Posted: Sunday 23rd of May 2010 02:59 PM
Brilliant!!!
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Just had to tell you what a brilliant redesign of the shoot site you have done - even better than I had envisaged. Will enjoy using it even more
all the best
Laura
all the best
Laura
Posted: Sunday 23rd of May 2010 12:26 PM Last reply: Saturday 1st of March 2025 07:30 AM
News on Shoot
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Hi all,
Happy New Year again! Just a reminder that we post news and daily updates on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Click here to see them:
Facebook
Twitter
We have over 250 Facebook followers and a staggering 2,000+ followers on Twitter now. We hope you join us too. We hope to see you there.
All the best, Nicola
Happy New Year again! Just a reminder that we post news and daily updates on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Click here to see them:
We have over 250 Facebook followers and a staggering 2,000+ followers on Twitter now. We hope you join us too. We hope to see you there.
All the best, Nicola
Posted: Sunday 17th of January 2010 01:21 PM Last reply: Sunday 17th of January 2010 01:22 PM
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Hey Nicola - we only have a small garden. Excluding the passageway at the side of the house its 7m x 11m. The run is fairly simple and based on the fact that the chickens are out free in the garden when we are at home in the evenings and weekends they seem really happy. In the winter when obviously they don't get out in the evenings I have knocked up a big run which triples the size the girls have however it does cover the deck so it stays dry and has to come down for the summer as we need somewhere to sit and have a gin.
We are lucky as the garden is as fox proof as you can get without electric fencing and the girls are safely shut in at night.
If there is an area that needs some protection from the chickens we just put up some wooden trellis, cheap and easy from garden centres and works a treat. Once all the plants are established you can give them full run of the borders again.
Photo is attached of the trellis fencing and the chicken house with winter run attached. I have tried to link to a few more but failed so will try later.
Johnnie
We are lucky as the garden is as fox proof as you can get without electric fencing and the girls are safely shut in at night.
If there is an area that needs some protection from the chickens we just put up some wooden trellis, cheap and easy from garden centres and works a treat. Once all the plants are established you can give them full run of the borders again.
Photo is attached of the trellis fencing and the chicken house with winter run attached. I have tried to link to a few more but failed so will try later.
Johnnie
Posted: Monday 8th of June 2009 04:07 PM Last reply: Monday 8th of June 2009 04:17 PM
Chickens are great!
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We have been keeping hens in our garden for just over a year. We have two Rhode Island Red hens, two Plymouth Rock hens, and one Rhode Island Red cockerel. We also have one black hybrid hen that we bought from a point of lay farm near here. Also have one little chick hatched 3 weeks ago!
Its lovely to see them rush to greet you when they think you might have a titbit for them!
They impart a sense of nostalgic rural bliss, and visitors are most impressed!
They eat all sorts of scraps, cooked pasta & rice, leftover salad, bread, leftover cereals, all the bits of cabbage and veg you don't want. Make sure you also give them enough proper layers pellets though as they have all the vitamins etc they need for all those lovely eggs they give you. We also give them some corn as a treat.
On average over the year they produce 3 eggs a day between the 5 of them.
Don't keep them loose in your garden if you care about your plants! We did this at first, and trust me it did not work. They love to eat young shoots and do not differentiate between weeds and things you want to keep. They also make dust baths in your borders and anything they don't eat they dig up in search of worms and insects! Also, one hen died last year and we could not be sure this wasn't because there was something poisonous growing wild in the garden.
If you're thinking of getting a cockerel…..they can be noisy, they can also be downright aggressive (we have a system for going into the enclosure before we have let them out in the mornings so as to avoid confrontations with him). However, ours was a hero the other day when he fended off a fox (in broad daylight) until my son heard the commotion and came running out. Poor old Cockielockie had most of his tail feathers missing and a very sore bottom, but if he had not been there the hens would also have been attacked.
We have also noticed that he sorts out bad squabbles between the hens and on the whole they are more peaceful with him around.
Its lovely to see them rush to greet you when they think you might have a titbit for them!
They impart a sense of nostalgic rural bliss, and visitors are most impressed!
They eat all sorts of scraps, cooked pasta & rice, leftover salad, bread, leftover cereals, all the bits of cabbage and veg you don't want. Make sure you also give them enough proper layers pellets though as they have all the vitamins etc they need for all those lovely eggs they give you. We also give them some corn as a treat.
On average over the year they produce 3 eggs a day between the 5 of them.
Don't keep them loose in your garden if you care about your plants! We did this at first, and trust me it did not work. They love to eat young shoots and do not differentiate between weeds and things you want to keep. They also make dust baths in your borders and anything they don't eat they dig up in search of worms and insects! Also, one hen died last year and we could not be sure this wasn't because there was something poisonous growing wild in the garden.
If you're thinking of getting a cockerel…..they can be noisy, they can also be downright aggressive (we have a system for going into the enclosure before we have let them out in the mornings so as to avoid confrontations with him). However, ours was a hero the other day when he fended off a fox (in broad daylight) until my son heard the commotion and came running out. Poor old Cockielockie had most of his tail feathers missing and a very sore bottom, but if he had not been there the hens would also have been attacked.
We have also noticed that he sorts out bad squabbles between the hens and on the whole they are more peaceful with him around.
Posted: Sunday 7th of June 2009 06:15 PM Last reply: Sunday 7th of June 2009 06:15 PM
Fantastic
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Hi Johnnie - I am getting sold. How big is your garden? From what you say is it true that you fence off your planting to keep them away from plants? Can we see a snapshot of your garden? Thanks Nicola
Posted: Sunday 7th of June 2009 12:49 PM Last reply: Sunday 7th of June 2009 12:49 PM
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I whole-hearted agree that chicken keeping is a great hobby and you can do it almost anywhere!
We have chickens in our garden in South London - positives are your very own fresh free-range eggs that you know come from happy hens. They are also great slug and snail removal units, great companions in the garden and once you have got over the initial set up costs they are very cheap to maintain.
We decided on bantams as
1/ its a small garden
2/ they wouldn't be that noisy (very important in an urban setting) and
3/ we hoped the general foliage devastation wouldn't be that bad with smaller birds.
In fact it was generally a good choice. We purchased Sussex bantams as they have the reputation of being good layers and are fairly bomb proof and we were given 2 silkies which turned out to be far better layers than we ever anticipated.
The silkies had little impact on the garden however the Sussex can be quite good excavators! Saying that, once plants are established there is little damage and by fencing off areas of the garden until plants establish there have been few problems.
Due to how events work out we now have a silkie and one buff Sussex both of which are broody and sitting on fertile eggs. Of course no eggs at present but chicks hopefully on the way very shortly.
To see more about our chickens in the garden check out [LINK]http://hensinthecity.blogspot.com[/LINK] and as it seems there are a few chicken keeping Shoot members please contact any of us for more advice if you do want to add another wonderful dimension to your gardening.
Johnnie
p.s. as you can see Harriet and Ruby enjoy the garden bench as much as us!
We have chickens in our garden in South London - positives are your very own fresh free-range eggs that you know come from happy hens. They are also great slug and snail removal units, great companions in the garden and once you have got over the initial set up costs they are very cheap to maintain.
We decided on bantams as
1/ its a small garden
2/ they wouldn't be that noisy (very important in an urban setting) and
3/ we hoped the general foliage devastation wouldn't be that bad with smaller birds.
In fact it was generally a good choice. We purchased Sussex bantams as they have the reputation of being good layers and are fairly bomb proof and we were given 2 silkies which turned out to be far better layers than we ever anticipated.
The silkies had little impact on the garden however the Sussex can be quite good excavators! Saying that, once plants are established there is little damage and by fencing off areas of the garden until plants establish there have been few problems.
Due to how events work out we now have a silkie and one buff Sussex both of which are broody and sitting on fertile eggs. Of course no eggs at present but chicks hopefully on the way very shortly.
To see more about our chickens in the garden check out [LINK]http://hensinthecity.blogspot.com[/LINK] and as it seems there are a few chicken keeping Shoot members please contact any of us for more advice if you do want to add another wonderful dimension to your gardening.
Johnnie
p.s. as you can see Harriet and Ruby enjoy the garden bench as much as us!
Posted: Sunday 7th of June 2009 09:21 AM Last reply: Sunday 7th of June 2009 09:25 AM
Oooooh yes!
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Definitely, takes a few years, but we can recognise them! She's great, and will succeed no matter what. Chalk andcheese, strange isn't it how they can be so different? Bethany looks very wise and lovely, and deserves the best.
How proud you must be. It's funny but pictures of my daughter recently have veered between the two - probably mood change!
Love Fi
How proud you must be. It's funny but pictures of my daughter recently have veered between the two - probably mood change!
Love Fi
Posted: Thursday 2nd of April 2009 10:29 PM Last reply: Thursday 2nd of April 2009 10:29 PM
Thank you
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Many thanks for your kind comments Fi. You can probably tell by the photos that Bethany is the cheeky one.
Posted: Wednesday 1st of April 2009 06:44 PM Last reply: Wednesday 1st of April 2009 06:44 PM
A real tonic!
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They're a real tonic Lorna - beaming smiles, and so pretty! Thanks for sharing them, you have a wonderful family.
Fi
Fi
Posted: Wednesday 1st of April 2009 05:34 PM Last reply: Wednesday 1st of April 2009 05:34 PM