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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Trees play an important role in the landscape both aesthetically and functionally, trees are used for many reasons and in numerous places, big trees to screen and small trees to accentuate a particular location and a variety of reasons in between. Wh...

March has lived up to its reputation of being unpredictable with all four seasons appearing randomly throughout the month. Hopefully the garden is now up to par with weeds under control and ground ready for planting, the question now is simply what t...

The Garden Club of Bermuda is renowned for the excellence of its various fund raisers, and this weekend’s plant, craft and bake sale in the Horticultural Hall of the Botanical Gardens will be no exception. Club members are well-known for their imagin...

A Bermudian living abroad has brought together all the tropical splendour of gardens in Ghana in a new coffee table book. The book is called A Look Behind the Walls and is currently available for order. It is co-written by Bermudian Karen Hendrickson...

The Garden Club of Bermuda has awarded six green-thumbed students with its 2013 Scholarship Awards. In a presentation last week, Huston Eugene Carter II, Denzel Simons, Deborah Joan Collins, Arthur Begeman, Kyle Furbert and Taylor Gorham each receive...