April '23 in the Garden

Dig It - Discussions on Gardening Topics

April, as they say, can be one of the cruellest months with sun one minute and frosty mornings and bitter winds the next. In this edition of Dig It Peter Brown and Chris Day look at some of the current news stories, provide a round-up of popular events coming up and those pressing gardening jobs that need to be done this month.

What’s on

1 - 2 April: Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show

Plant Fairs at Great Dixter 1-2nd April, Evenley Wood Rare Plant Fair on 2nd April and the Spring Fair Roadshow at Arundel Castle on 23rd April.

20 - 23rd April: Harrogate Spring Flower Show

28 - 30th April: BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair in Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire.

Product mentions: BBQs, RHS seeds, Tomorite Tomato food, Doff Tomato food, Vitax Q4 fertiliser, propagation cell trays, peat-free seed sowing compost, Vermiculite, Perlite, Fleece, Root Trainers, Lawn feeds, scarifiers and overseeding with lawn seed.

Plants mentioned: Apples ‘Flower of Kent’ and ‘Bramley’s Original.’ Antirrhinum, Cosmos, Marigolds, Sweet Peas, and Zinnia. Broad beans, Mustard and Cress, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Squashes, Marrows and Sweet Corn. Buddleja, Dahlias, Rosemary, Root wrapped Roses, English Bluebells and Thyme.

News

Alan Titchmarsh: ‘I tend not to follow my own gardening advice.’

Plants in Peril Plant Atlas Report.

Blue Diamond / National Trust tie in.

National Trust Manchester’s Victorian Sky Park.

Rare Moonflower blooms at Cambridge Botanic Gardens.

Frank Mathews wins the Stanley Lord Bowl award for the best RHS fruit display in 2022.

RHS Flower Show organisers move towards being greener with more sustainability in the briefs in all garden designs and show operations.

Lindengate rehomes RHS Chelsea garden.

Floating islands made from plastic bottles to grow crops in Singapore.

King Charles III Sandringham West Lawn eco-garden makeover.

Windowsill gardening campaign.

Tackling damping off when germinating seeds.

Dig it top 5 Spring potted bulbs 1 1-litre pots of Narcissi 'Tête-à-Tête' 2 Galanthus nivalis (snowdrop) 3 Winter Aconite 4 Narcissi 'Tête-à-Tête' (6-pack) 5 9cm English Bluebell.

Our thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for the music.

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