Autumn home health check
SORRY to be the ones to break the summer mood (although the recent rain started it),…
Sow it, grow it, eat it: museum gardener’s tasty tips at Wimborne Food Festival
A HANDS-on volunteer gardener from the Museum of East Dorset will be digging up…
Dorset back on screens for BBC Winterwatch
DORSET is back on TV as BBC nature show Winterwatch returns. Hosts Michaela Strachan, Chris Packham and Iolo Williams have…
Upton Horticultural and Craft Show 2024 hailed as “most successful yet”
HUNDREDS of people packed into the Upton Community Centre in August for the Upton Horticultural and Craft Show.
West Moors care home raises £700 to support families in need
A DORSET care home has raised hundreds of pounds to help take families in the area out of hardship. Colten…
‘Nature emergency’ declaration in Dorset backed by leaders
DORSET is in a “nature emergency”. The declaration came at a meeting of Dorset Council on Thursday (July 18), when…
Poole’s Oakdale Library Gardens’ blooming success
OAKDALE Library Gardens’ open gardens event proved to be a success as £400 was raised throughout May and June. The…
Two Dorset towns make the 2024 Britain in Bloom finals
TWO Dorset groups have been shortlisted as finalists in the 2024 Britain in Bloom competition. Shaftesbury in Bloom and Upton…
Celebrity gardener Derry Watkins set for gardening club talk
CELEBRATED gardening expert Derry Watkins will be giving a talk this month. Derry, who runs Special Plants in Bath, will…
Plant Your Pants this spring – to see what’s going on ‘down there’!
PEOPLE in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire are being urged to plant their pants – yes, pants – this spring,…