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Focus on Gardening

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Enjoy gardening and your garden - information, advice and inspiration to get you started or give you new ideas.

Talks in libraries by gardening experts - March 2010

Top gardeners will visit Leicestershire Libraries in March to celebrate the end of winter and the advent of spring. Nick Hamilton (Barnsdale Gardens), Derek Cox (from Radio Leicester’s “Down to Earth”), Graham Pavey and Andrew Mikolajski are well known names around the East Midlands and will be bringing their expertise to various county libraries during the month. For more information on dates and times, please see the Gardening Talks page.

Find out more...on the internet

Try these websites for the inspiration and information you need to get out in the garden and get results.
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BBC Gardening - a wealth of gardening information, advice, hints and tips
Step by step guides to gardening basics; garden design; gardening with children; plant finder; pest and disease identifier; gardening message board and much more.
Learn how to be a gardener with the BBC's online course. The modules cover everything you need to know to give you a great start in gardening.
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Dig-in - grow your own grub and then cook it!
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RHS - gardening and plant advice and information from the Royal Horticultural Society
  Find out how to create your own compost and join the Leicestershire Rot-a-Lot Composting Club
   
The websites listed above have been selected for their information, advice or service. Leicestershire County Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Find out more...from books

Leicestershire Library Services has a wide range of gardening books to help you . Those shown below are just a few examples. Look on library shelves for books with similar class numbers, search the online catalogue or ask library staff for help.
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Nick Hamilton
Grow Organic: Fruit & Vegetables Straight from your Garden
635.0434
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Derek Cox
All Lands on Dek: A Year in the Life of a Gardener’s Boy
Biography B/Cox
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Graham Pavey
Better Homes & Better Gardens
747
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Andrew Mikolajski
The Busy Gardener’s Problem Solver
635
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The Allotment Gardener’s Cookbook
641.65
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Carol Klein
Grow Your Own Veg
635
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Caroline Tilston
Low Maintenance Gardens
635
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Bob Purnell
Crops in Pots
635.986
All of the books shown above can be requested at your library. They can also be requested through the online reservation service if you have a library card and a PIN. There is a charge for this service.

Take it further...

  • Use Infolinx to find local gardening clubs and allotment societies.
  • or use leicestershirevillages.com to find local groups. Go to your town/village and search under ‘Find my nearest’

further information

Contact: Development Team
Phone: 0116 305 3820
E-mail: developmentteam@leics.gov.uk
Last Updated:
17 February 2010
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