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How often do you walk around your garden and check plants for pests, disease or broken branches? It’s a necessary exercise in order to ensure a garden has healthy plants and soil. Autumn’s shorter days and fading blossoms are a sure sign the growin...

The Garden Club of Bermuda is to hold an open house and gardens at a historic Devonshire estate this weekend. The fundraiser at Palm Grove, owned by the Gibbons family, will support the skills development programme run by the Department of Parks. C...

From days of blue skies and balmy breezes we went to the turbulent overtures of Hurricane Humberto. He came, saw and conquered all in the blink of an eye — a quick and very painful scenario that was familiar to many of us. It is something we live wi...

When designing a garden it makes sense to create a plan which is to scale. A ratio of one-eighth to one inch is usually enough to give a visual of the total finished product and not just isolated areas. The landscape should cover both soft plants and...

Hedges, it would appear, are an inherent part of the Bermuda landscape, whether it is the need for privacy — though this is questionable with the height of the hedges — or simply an unfortunate syndrome that has melded itself in to the psyche of the ...

Having a mix of plant types in the garden enhances the aesthetic appearance while extending the interest level throughout the year. Plants, in general, cover a wide spectrum of types: trees, shrubs, palms, ground covers, cacti, succulents, vines, bu...

Rising costs and a drop in sales have forced a garden and pet supply store to close, its owner said. Jennifer McCarron said that Animal & Garden House, on Cemetery Road, Pembroke, would end operations this month. She said that keeping the business op...

Regardless of the size of one’s garden, the correct placement of a specific plant or group of plants can change the visual perspective thereby creating a bold statement. Palms and associated types are in many cases ideal for such plantings as they a...

Bermuda’s icon of spring, the Easter lily, brought a surprise bounty to the garden of retired taxi driver Quinton Binns, with a giant flower that the lifelong gardener reckons is “a record breaker”. “It’s like nothing I’ve seen, and I’ve been around ...

Weeds are species of plants growing in the wrong place. This applies to a tree, shrub, palm or other species of plant — if it is in the wrong place, remove it before it becomes a problem. It may not appear obvious but weeds often grow quicker than “...

The sound of the ten women hollering was remarkable.All senior citizens, they had decided to go to the Ag Show together to see what judges thought of their box garden filled with broccoli, kale, lettuce and green onions. The screams came when they sp...

April in Bermuda sees the start of an uptick in temperature, which makes it a good time to concentrate on carrying out work on the lawn, be it verticutting, aerating, fertilising, repairing or laying a new one. Three grass types are grown for residen...