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    Gardening advice for the reluctant gardener

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - April 5th, 2020

    Popular posts, small garden ideas, Spring gardening, what is a garden for?

    I’m often asked by non-gardeners for advice on what to do with the patch outside their back door. Where do you start?

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    Allotment life – fantasy and reality

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - October 20th, 2019

    Autumn cottage garden, what is a garden for?

    My enthusiasm at getting an allotment didn’t translate into any hard work to keep on top of the bindweed and couch grass. The potatoes tasted nice though.

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    If you get a chance to be on TV –

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - August 25th, 2019

    Pots and containers, small garden ideas, what is a garden for?

    I was lucky to be invited onto live TV to talk about colour in the garden and how gardening is all about sharing.

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    BBC ONE Sunday Morning Live – 18th August – I’ll be on TV!

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - August 17th, 2019

    small garden ideas, what is a garden for?, Wildlife gardening

    BBC One asked me to take part in a gardening section of their programme Sunday Morning Live on Sunday 18th August 2019. It was all very exciting and great fun.

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    What is a garden for? Further thoughts.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - June 18th, 2019

    small garden ideas, Summer gardening, what is a garden for?

    I often think about what a garden is for. In this third blog I suggest that having an outdoor space to think about, daydream about and be out in is a great distraction from harsh reality, worries and niggles.

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    What is a garden for?

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - May 8th, 2019

    Popular posts, Spring gardening, what is a garden for?

    In my previous post “What is a garden for?” I suggested that a garden helps us live our lives outside of ourselves, physically and mentally.  You can find that post here. My second idea is simple.  My garden is for looking out onto like watching a slowly changing painting, changing during the day with movement

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    What is a garden for? Some thoughts.

    Posted By: Julie Quinn - April 13th, 2019

    Popular posts, small garden ideas, what is a garden for?

    I’ve been thinking about what a garden is for and will present one idea in each short blog over the next few weeks. By garden I want to include any space outside your home where something grows.  It could be a window box, balcony, pot by the front door or a garden of any size.

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