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There are times when it is simply a pleasure to sit inside and relax, read a good book, watch something of interest on the television or have a good conversation. It is especially enjoyable to do so in a quiet, peaceful space where the addition of s...

Volunteers from the Garden Club of Bermuda decorated the landmark Birdcage for Christmas – but their work was removed within hours after it was claimed it was a traffic hazard. A spokeswoman for the club said the display at the Front Street fixture i...

Well, it’s that time of year when we need to dig deep: what Christmas gifts should we give to friends and family? To root out ideas, a visit to the nurseries or shopping online will set the seed of creativity in one’s decision making. Whilst on my re...

A Railway Trail footbridge across an inlet yesterday got a $10,000 boost as construction of the link neared completion. The Garden Club of Bermuda pledged to donate plants to add greenery to both ends of the Flatts bridge, as well a benches as it han...

There is very little to get excited about in the garden during the month of November except for the fact that maintenance is a continuing exercise. If we are to keep the ambience of the garden ticking over, we must continue to give everything our att...

A government horticulturalist dedicated to training young people has been recognised with an award. Roger Parris, a supervisory foreman in the Department of Parks, won the Public Service Excellence Award for October. He received the award from David...

A gardening club yesterday donated $10,000 to a nature restoration project in celebration of the club’s centennial anniversary. The Garden Club of Bermuda gave the cheque to the Buy Back Bermuda (BBB) group to help them complete the restoration of Ev...

Giving of your best for long periods is hard going — especially when you are left to fend for yourself — but that is essentially what we ask from our garden. Mother Nature portrays herself in many guises — from hot, dry scorching days to raging hurr...

The driving force behind a solar-powered aquaponics project addressing food security has been granted a national award led by an international environmental group. Joseph Weeks, technical education instructor at the Bermuda College earned the Nation...

September, though still hot and humid and open to hurricane activity, will start to show signs of a slowing of growth and flowering. This makes it a good time to assess what attention should be given to the garden. Activity will have been significant...

A weed is a plant that is considered undesirable, or simply a plant that is in the wrong place. The adage one year’s seeding equals seven years’ weeding, has a great ring of the truth; simply observing growth these last several months leads me to thi...

When Dakhari Wade began working as a landscape gardener he discovered parts of the island he never knew existed. The young horticulturalist, a recent recipient of a scholarship from the Garden Club of Bermuda, said he has had the privilege of visiti...