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We don't all have beautiful views of rolling green countryside to look at in our gardens. So what can you do to improve the view in your garden; and is both effective and affordable.

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Did you know butterflies taste with their feet - so what would a butterfly think of your garden.... feast or famine?

And what about garden sprays - bet they make the flower and nectar taste disgusting!

If 80% of all the plants in all our gardens were fabulous tasty food sources for bees, butterflies and other insects and garden animals - we would all be helping to save the planet.



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Flowers evolved for insects not humans - so if you thought roses are red you need to think again.
Craig Burrows shows the real colour of flowers, the actual colours that the bees see. 

Perhaps UV photos ought to be shown on every plant label; so that we'll know the flower can actually be seen by our bees too, when we buy plants in the garden centres

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Hedges are much better than fences - better for the planet, better for wildlife, they make better screens and windbreaks and they look better than a fence....

See Ingwe our topiary leopard - now you can't do that with a fence, can you!


If you'd like ideas on how to grow a hedge that doesn't cause you too much work... read How to have a low maintenance hedge 

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Houseplants are really beneficial for us, but being indoors is not any good for plants. Quick tips and advice on keeping your indoor plants happy, healthy ... and alive!

Monday Mist, Tuesday Turn, Wednesday Water  & Friday Feed folks!

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Read the CNN article - and why not share it with your local town planning office! #amdoingmybit

At PlantPlots we think gardens should look good but most importantly do good too. Our world is changing fast, sadly governments don't react fast enough, but as individuals we can: Share this with your local town planning office, environmentally green buildings should actually be green!   

How wonderful would our world be if all cities looked like this?

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You want to 'do' the garden, but what should you actually be 'doing'!

We have come up with 10 golden rules for 'newbie' gardeners - it will help you start to create a garden that works - for you!

Read more in our series  'How to design a garden if'....  
If you are really stuck and just want to ask a few questions - email us [email protected], we're very friendly!

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Little changes collectively make massive differences. Avoiding buying bedding plants will help us help the planet.

It won't help the horticulture industry - they'd love you to keep buying these 'plant them and chuck them away' plants year after year; surely there has to be a better alternative for us our gardens and the bees?

Read more - How Green are Bedding Plants? 

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Humans have messed up  - we've fiddled about with plants in an attempt to 'improve' them - but improve them for who? And then we issues industry 'gong's and awards for creating these messed up plants!

There is no purpose to a plant if it cannot reproduce itself on its own - in fact if it can't produce it's own fertile seed, is it a plant at all? 

The Award of Garden merit given by the RHS creates the incentive to produce more and more of these 'plants' - but did you know, the plant is not judged on it's ability to be useful, just it's ability to look good.

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And you thought Avatar was just a CGI movie....no, it may surprise you to know that 'Avatar' exists in every wood or forest on Earth..... so let's stop digging them up to make 'consumer goods'.

We love to create happy gardens full of happy plants - visit our website and make your garden happy too!

See this article on the BBC about how plants talk to each other.

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