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Great garden plants for colour
Here at the Swiss Gardening School we grow a wide range of plants for our natural dye course, and some of them make fantastic garden...
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Healthy Plants for Healthy People
In 1989 NASA published a study called “Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement” and was intended to combat sick...
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Feb 273 min read


Gifts for Gardeners - books!
There are a huge number of gardening books published every year, and this year I’ve absolutely fallen in love with the beautiful book...
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Dec 11, 20242 min read


Christmas Gifts by Post
The on-line store, the Primrose Secret Garden is owned by Jennifer Rohr, a naturalised Canadian, a beekeeper who runs an organic urban...
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Dec 11, 20242 min read


Christmas Gifts from the Garden
There’s a big trend for home made Christmas, and if you’ve got a garden, or even a balcony, you can make some wonderful gifts for your...
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Dec 11, 20243 min read


Indoor plants for the smallest of spaces
Go for succulents and cactii! They come in dozens of shapes and sizes and will grow in the smallest of spaces. In our cafe at Chez...
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Nov 11, 20242 min read


Delicious pots for balconies
Delicious options for small spaces In summertime, then pretty much anything will work on a balcony, including basil, coriander, lemon...
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Nov 11, 20242 min read


Screening for Balconies
Screening for balconies This is a common problem for balconies and terraces, which might need screening from the road, from the...
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Nov 11, 20242 min read


Balcony Babies
Balcony Babies With 60% of the population in Switzerland living in rented apartments, the highest percentage in Europe, there are lots of...
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Nov 11, 20242 min read
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