July in the Garden

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July in the Garden Show Notes

Products mentioned

Cottage Delight Sticky Wings and Rib Sauce

Plant fertilisers and organic sprays: Vitax Q4, Vitax Blood, Fish and Bone, Tomato feed Sulphate of Potash, Vitax Plant Guard Organic for controlling pests and diseases – available in store.

Plants mentioned: Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla mollis), Clematis montana, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Hardy geraniums, Mock Orange (Philadelphus) Pyracantha, Apples, Pears, Hellebores, Thyme, Ivy (Hedera), English Lavender, French Lavender,

Look out for Christmas spuds from Taylors. Expected varieties ‘Charlotte’, ‘Desiree’, ‘Maris Peer’, ‘Pentland Javelin’ and ‘Sharpes Express’. A pack of tubers will cost £2.99. Available in store from mid-July onwards.

National BBQ Week celebrates its Silver Anniversary this year between Friday 2nd July - Sunday 11th July, at Buckingham Garden Centre we will have some BBQ themed specials in the Gardeners’ Retreat Restaurant.

Weber BBQ and accessories

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 6th -11th July

Love Parks Week 12th-21st July. Enjoy our open spaces and help our mental and physical well-being too. Parks mentioned by Peter and Chris Abington Park, Northampton, Williamson Park, Lancaster, Cannock Chase Park, Rutland Water and Nature Reserve and combine a visit to Barnsdale Gardens, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, The Savill Garden and Philips Park, Whitefield. Why not share your favourite parks at #LoveParks

A few of the many plants that will help attract Bees to your Garden

Radio 2’s Big Bee Challenge (children’s Garden Design Competition in the conjunction with the RHS) with the Big Bee Challenge Weekend (Saturday 31st July – 1st August)

Find out more about bees and beekeeping here

Bee Identification tips

HTA Photographic Competition 2021, a chance to win tickets to next year’s RHS Chelsea flower show and get your photo onto a HTA gift card!

As the school summer holidays fast approach, a brief mention of the National Gardening Week website and the RHS website for children’s activities

How to Extend the Flowering Season in Your Garden using the Chelsea Chop and the Hampton Hack.

Music by Chiltern Music Therapy

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