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The 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not take Mother Nature lightly

So, October turned out to be a surprise package weather wise with perhaps the need to create an 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not take Mother Nature lightly. We were not O-Fay with the first storm and by the time the second hurricane hit us, many pla...
Oct 29, 2014
Opinion Writer

October is start of slow down in growth so it’s back to basics

So summer was generous in its precipitation which bodes well for lush growth — even given the threat of a hurricane or two — which combined with the still high temperatures, prolongs the green appearance of gardens in general. A visual treat to the ...
Oct 04, 2014
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A long, glorious history and future in full bloom

Members of the Hibiscus Garden Club of Bermuda are in high planning for a grand celebration of the founding 55 years ago. It will be marked by an exhibition on September 20, at St Mary’s Anglican Church Hall in Warwick and the production of a calenda...
Sep 06, 2014

Gardener’s passion ensures blooms and beauty

As a child, Tony Madeiros loved getting his hands dirty. In those days, his parents ran a small farm attached to the back of their Euclid Avenue, Pembroke home, where they grew everything from potatoes and tomatoes to pumpkin and watermelon. He nev...
Aug 29, 2014
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Making the world a little greener

The latest winners of the Garden Club of Bermuda Scholarship have wide ranging career interests, but all share a common goal to make the world a little greener. This year four students: Anna Terceira, Rachael Antonition, Kidane Callender and Hutson E...
Aug 25, 2014
Opinion Writer

Garden maintenance in the summer — survival or simply common sense

Summertime and the living is easy especially when someone else is doing the work which is often the case when it comes to the garden. Not having a rainy season in Bermuda is in reality a negative factor for the garden, for water is, especially at th...
Aug 04, 2014
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Gardener’s labour of love starts to bear fruit

A grandfather is enjoying the fruits of four years of hard work after finally managing to grow grapes in his yard. Green-fingered Raphael Barnett, 59, cultivated the crop at his home in Pembroke from a cutting. “I’m not sure of the variety — I got t...
Jul 02, 2014
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Garden Club scholarship deadline looms

If you hope to turn a green thumb into a career prospect, the deadline for the Bermuda Garden Club scholarship is on Monday. Although the scholarship might naturally make you think it is only dedicated to future gardeners, it is actually more broad i...
Jun 27, 2014
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Double Fantasy Garden is a medal winner at Chelsea Flower Show

A garden honouring the “Double Fantasy” flower that inspired John Lennon’s final album has been awarded a bronze medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. The Bermuda Double Fantasy Garden was created by floral artist and architect Nicky Gurret, in...
May 22, 2014
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A May day wedding without all the hassle

Imagine being invited to a wedding where you don’t have to dress up, buy an expensive gift, hire a babysitter, sit next the bore of the year, or nurse a hangover afterwards — and yet have a truly enjoyable day. Sound too good to be true? Not if you a...
May 08, 2014
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The cost of poor land management

Observation tells me the exercise of (good) land management is not what it could be and owners are paying the price in time, labour and aesthetics. As I drive around from site to site the visual impact of ‘weeds’ — plants growing in the wrong or und...
May 03, 2014
Opinion Writer

When less is more - the equity of growth

The idea of planting more than required will produce a quicker and heavier look is simply a good way of wasting ones money and increasing the future maintenance, often with a negative impact on growth. There is an old saying, ’large oaks from little ...
Apr 26, 2014
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