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Gabions and their value to wildlife

Posted on 28/05/2025 by greenfingeredgeorge

My university studies have started to shape and influence my passion for garden design, particularly in terms of sustainability. Today I find myself writing something a little different for me, something I only recently took an interest in myself, gabions. … Continue reading →

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Move on up!

Posted on 03/10/2023 by greenfingeredgeorge

Things have moved so quickly – I turned 18, went to Mull and then Uni all in the space of 4 weeks. I missed out on my first choice of Uni, (by one grade in Biology), but fate dealt me … Continue reading →

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What’s going on this spring?

Posted on 16/03/2023 by greenfingeredgeorge

Blink, we’re already 3 months in to 2023 and I planned to write a post about all the stuff I’ve got on this year, but here we are in March and I’ve totally neglected my blog! I’ve got plenty of … Continue reading →

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Seasonal summary from my garden

Posted on 07/11/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

It’s wet, miserable and cold here in Manchester today (not as cold as it should be though), so I thought I’d write a summary blog of how our garden’s flourished this year. Considering the extreme weather at times, the gardens’ … Continue reading →

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Creating a garden for birds

Posted on 29/08/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

I’ve wrote a lot about our wildlife garden, in relation to attracting moths, butterflies, bats, bees and dragonflies for example. Recently, I was asked to speak about what we’ve done to help garden birds, from food sources, shelter, places to … Continue reading →

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Notes from Grandma’s Gardening Diary – Part 3

Posted on 28/02/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

This third blog from my Grandma brings us up to date on how her garden grows; starting with landscaping in April to a celebratory tea party in August ’21. Funny enough, I’ve been at Grandma’s this afternoon and despite making … Continue reading →

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Notes from Grandma’s Gardening Diary Part 2

Posted on 15/02/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

Following on from last week’s post, this second blog, picks up mine and Grandma’s ‘gardening graft’ from Autumn ’20 through to late Winter ’21, with a quiet Christmas and another lockdown thrown into the mix.

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Notes From Grandma’s Gardening Diary

Posted on 09/02/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

If you follow me on my social media sites, you might know that I’ve been helping to redesign my Grandma Barbara’s Garden. Started back in July 2020, we’ve worked on it together at weekends and school/college holidays, whenever we could … Continue reading →

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Reporting back on your Green Plans for ’22

Posted on 24/01/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

I’ve received lots of feedback following last week’s post about making Green Plans for ’22, it seems January makes us all feel motivated to plan for brighter times ahead. I had such a great response that I thought I’d share … Continue reading →

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My Green Plans For ’22, What’s Yours?

Posted on 10/01/2022 by greenfingeredgeorge

January, it’s a bit of a weird month; after all the hype of December and despite the start of new beginnings, it can seem a little grey and drab. At times I can be quite a fan of January, especially … Continue reading →

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