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Visiting instructors from England have begun to train staff from several local organisations about horticulture and arboriculture in an effort to bolster local talent. Trainers from Kingston Maurward College in Dorset began training sessions at the B...

A dozen palm trees at Ocean View Golf Course have been moved to a private home and replaced with easier to maintain trees at no cost to the public purse, according to the Ministry of Public Works. Last night, a spokesman responded to reports of 12 Ca...

The garden, a place of visual beauty, a place to play or to simply to sit back and relax. One can create an exercise routine whilst working in the garden, watch others do it whilst reading a book, or simply relax and rest the mind, body and soul. In ...

The headline question is a constant response to the question of production and associated tasks. It may well be correct in many areas, however, I would suggest that garden maintenance is not in such an equation. I would prefer the argument that what ...

In November 2020, government announced it was finalising plans for a new vertical farming facility that could potentially produce 30 per cent of the island’s leafy greens. While nothing concrete has yet come of that proposal, horticulturalist Aaron ...

One of Bermuda’s oldest farmhouses has been given a $10,000 cash boost thanks to the fundraising efforts by members of the Garden Club of Bermuda. Carter House in St David’s was built in 1640 by descendants of Christopher Carter, one of the island’s ...

The origins of an historic tree on display at one of the world’s leading plant science and conservation institutes has finally been unearthed – and it is not Bermudian, as scientists had long thought. Horticulturalists at the Royal Botanic Garden in...

When used to their advantage, plants offer a kaleidoscope of interest throughout the year with flowers, seeds, fruit, foliage colour and shape, bark and architectural outline — not bad for a growing asset. Without flower, no seed or fruit is produced...

Maintenance of a growth in home farming as the Covid-19 pandemic winds down is the goal for an agricultural business this year. Chris Faria, the owner of the AgraLiving Institute, a sustainable farming business, said Covid-19 restrictions propelled p...

Plants produce flowers which is the first step in the production of seeds or fruits; the future progress of a plant’s growth is dictated by how it is pruned, which is aided by the knowledge of why and when to prune. The exercise of regular, unnecessa...

Susan Conyers says the secret to propagating roses is patience – a lot of patience

After 32 years of running Brighton Nurseries in Devonshire, Eddie and Mandy Simas are relinquishing control of a business that has operated at the 12 Brighton Lane location since shortly after the Second World War. Jay Benoza and Eugene O’Connor sign...