September '23 in the Garden

Dig It - Discussions on Gardening Topics

After a soggy July and mixed fortunes weather wise in August, Peter Brown and Chris Day look forward to the prospect of an Indian summer in this month’s Dig It. A pick of the best events, news, and garden trade stories, plus those essential gardening tasks for the month ahead.

What’s on

1st- 30th September Garden Organic are promoting 30 thrifty biodiversity projects, one for each day of the month through Organic September and across their social medial channels #ThriftyThirty

1st - 3rd September BBC Gardeners' World Autumn Fair, Audley End House and Garden, Saffron Walden.

5th - 10th September RHS Wisley Flower Show, Surrey.

16th - 17th September Cactus at the Castle event at Lullingstone Castle & The World Garden in Kent.

17th September Rare Autumn Plant Fair at Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath.

22 - 24th September Malvern Plant and Garden Fair, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire.

30th September / 1st October Apple Weekend at Buckingham Garden Centre, 10am-4pm.

It’s time to celebrate the Apple at Buckingham Garden Centre's popular Apple Weekend event featuring RHS apple expert Gerry Edwards, The Mid Shires Orchard group, plus Chris Collins, Garden Organic's Head of Organic Horticulture, and former BBC Blue Peter Gardener.

Dig It Top Five Sellers - Perennials (in 1-litre pots) 1. Lavender ‘Hidcote,’ 2. Lupinus ‘Gallery Mixed’, 3. Delphinium ‘Black Knight’, 4. Penstemon ‘Pensham Wedding Day’ and 5. Leucanthemum ‘Snow Lady’.

News

Sweetpea species offers future food potential.

Blenheim Palace gardens to get major revamp.

The National Garden Scheme launches five new community-based projects.

Growers told to be vigilant as Colorado beetles are spotted in the south of England.

Squire’s Garden Centre electrifies its fleet.

Blue Diamond buys four nursery sites.

Pitcher plants can go peat-free says RHS.

London’s Garden Museum to expand gardens into public realm.

Home and garden chain Wilko files for administration putting 12,000 jobs at risk.

CEO Dave Carey leaves Mr Fothergill’s.

Calls to use native grasses rather than ryegrass in our lawns.

Quarter of Brits think artificial grass should be banned.

Plants and products mentioned Amaryllis, autumn flowering bulbs Colchicums, Crocus and Cyclamen hederifolium. Prepared hyacinths. Cerinthes, Ammi, Scabiosa and Cornflowers. Dahlias, Heuchera, ornamental grasses, hardy Pansies, and Violas. Propagate Fuchsia, Salvias, Rosemary Prune cropped Raspberry canes. Houseplant Tradescantia. Maxicrop Original Seaweed Extract, Aftercut Autumn Lawn Food, lawn seed, pea netting to cover ponds before leaf fall and garden vax for leaf shedding for composting.

Our special thanks to Chiltern Music Therapy for providing the music.

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