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Blogs, guides, and gardening ideas from TV Gardener and Chartered Horticulturalist David Domoney.

Cultivation Street 2015: Meet Winners Bedford Road!

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Meet the winners of our 2015 Cultivation Street competition!

A panel of judges, including leading figures from the horticultural and sustainability industries, as well as newspaper editors, judged our incredible community gardening entries. Read on to discover their story and see the photo gallery.

And they were bowled over by the incredible gardens that belonged to residents of Bedford Road.

Their area is made up of Victorian and Edwardian terraces that have little or no front gardens.

A few years ago, major roadworks turned the area into a building site for six months.

One of the residents, David Glanville, became so frustrated he decided to take action.

David Glanville

He encouraged his neighbours to start growing plants and flowers in pots to give the street a lift.

He organised a gardening competition and got a local nursery on board to support the project. Aylett’s Garden Centre offered residents discounts on plants to get them started.

Soon other streets joined in and the neighbours formed a thriving community group. They all come together for pub drinks and ‘meet the neighbours’ events.

David said: “I am absolutely delighted that practically every house in the road is taking part in this year’s competition!”

Read more about this on the Mirror’s website.

Judges were impressed by how the whole community had come together to make the street a nicer place to live.

And it also shows what can be done even without a proper garden! All these plants are grown in containers as the garden space has no soil.

Congratulations to David and everyone taking part in and around Bedford Road!

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September 14, 2015
Appearance at Haven Holidays Norfolk: Judging the gardens

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I’ve teamed up with Haven for a gardening challenge!

Holiday home owners from Haven’s four parks in the region have been challenged with creating an innovative and creative garden feature and I’m going to judge and crown one lucky winner Turf Wars Champion 2015

The event will bring together holiday home owners from Haven’s four parks in Norfolk – Hopton Holiday Village, Caister-on-Sea Holiday Park, Seashore Holiday Park and Wild Duck Holiday Park.

Haven owners use their holiday homes at the weekends and quite often stay the whole summer. There’s a real community on the parks and there are events and clubs they can join including a gardening club.

They don’t own the land around their caravans so their only option is to do a lot of container gardening which they then place around the base or verandas if they have them.

Although they lack the space enjoyed by traditional gardeners, the owners are no less green-fingered and are extremely passionate about growing.

This year, all this passion is being channelled into the first ever gardening competition among Haven owners.

The challenge for entrants is simple: put your gardening creativity and skills to the test to create your interpretation of The British Seaside Garden. Entrants must create their masterpieces within the confines of a few seaside buckets and not forgetting the spades!

Watch this space and I will publish photos of the winning buckets next month. There should be plenty of creativity to inspire you!

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August 21, 2015
Appearance at Tingdene Open House and Kudos Launch

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Thank you to all who came to the Tingdene Open House to see the launch of Kudos, the stunning new holiday lodge.

I joined Tingdene Park Homes and Holiday Lodges to launch The Kudos.

I went along to talk to homeowners about gardening tips and have a meet and greet. It was fantastic to meet so many people!

It took place on Saturday 3rd October at Tingdene’s Visitor Centre in Northamptonshire.

What’s On

10.00am The Show Opens
10.30am The first of the half hourly Guided Factory Tours. A valuable insight into the construction process and quality procedures.
11.00am David Domoney is due to arrive
11.45am David Domoney Garden Talk. Pick up plenty of tips and advice for your own garden
12.30pm David Domoney will officially open The Kudos
12.45pm Meet and Greet David Domoney. Opportunity to chat to David and get his autograph
12.45pm View the new Kudos
1.15pm Buffet Lunch is served
1.30pm David Domoney is due to leave
4.00pm Open Day due to close
Address

Tingdene’s Visitor Centre, Bradfield Road, Finedon Road Industrial Estate, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 4HB.

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August 21, 2015