Gardens

Gardens, parks, plant products and associated information

• From plants and flowers to gardens and design, allotments and kitchen gardens to shopping guides and tried-and-tested reviews, BBC Gardeners World Magazine offers advice on all areas of gardening.
• Martha Stewart has always drawn inspiration from her surroundings. Raised in Nutley, New Jersey, in a family with six children, she developed a passion for cooking, gardening, and homekeeping in her childhood home on Elm Place. Her mother, a schoolteacher and homemaker, taught her the basics of cooking, baking, canning, and sewing; her father, a pharmaceutical salesman and avid gardener, introduced her to Gardening in the family's small but orderly backyard garden when she was 3.
• Gardening Data provide practical gardening articles and resources to other sources and suppliers. Gardening Data spends time finding you web pages containing top class gardening content.
• The UKs 14 National Parks are part of a global family of 6,555 protected areas, covering one million square kilometres or 12% of the Earths surface. There are 9 National Parks in England, 3 in Wales and 2 in Scotland, they are: England - Dartmoor, Exmoor, Lake District, New Forest, Northumberland, North York Moors, Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales and the Broads which has equivalent status to a National Park. Wales - Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire Coast and Snowdonia. Scotland - Cairngorms and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.
• The oldest Botanic Garden in Britain, The Oxford University Botanic Garden consists of three sections. The Glasshouses contain plants that need protection from the extremes of the British weather. The area outside the Walled Garden contains classic garden features such as a Water Garden and Rock Garden as well as the innovative Black Border and Autumn Borders. Within the Walled Garden plants are grouped in a number of different ways such as by country of origin, botanic family or economic use.
• Devoted to building and sharing knowledge so that people benefit from plants and fungi – now and for generations to come. The Royal Botanic Gardens has 700 staff (including 200 in science and 200 in horticulture) supported by 500 affiliated researchers, students and volunteers.
• Britain's Gardening Charity, founded in 1804 to encourage the science, art, and practice of horticulture in all its branches. The Royal Horticultural Society is dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. Their goal is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in horticulture and inspire all those with an interest in gardening.
• One of the oldest firms in the horticulture business, Thompson Morgan retains both its identity and its reputation for innovation and quality. They are one of the largest suppliers of plants and seeds in the UK.