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Please visit our local Master Gardener websites for details near you about the benefits of volunteering with us and how you could help local people and communities benefit from growing.

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Master Gardeners		 Lincolnshire
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  • Heather Franklin Posted on 22 May 2013
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  • Jun 2nd: Alcester Garden walkabout Posted on 21 May 2013
    Meet your local Master Gardeners at this great event. In aid of CANCER RESEARCH UK £4 for adults, children under 11 free There are around 20 large & small beautiful gardens be...
  • Steve’s allotment progress! Posted on 21 May 2013
    After signing up Steve 3 weeks ago, I left him with an overgrown plot, infested with perennial weeds and aftr discussing the options with Steve he decided that the best long term p...
  • Free Starter Seeds! Posted on 21 May 2013
    On Sunday morning I was pleased to sign up my second household to the master Gardener Scheme. Charlene and Ian have recently moved into their new home. Charlene was a work colleagu...
  • Warwick University growers visit Posted on 20 May 2013
    The Warwick University allotment society had a group visit to Ryton gardens on Sunday. They bought the sunshine with them too! The forecast rain never came and the group enjoyed a ...
  • My first MG event Posted on 21 May 2013
    The Streatham Green Artisan Market SW16 usually runs on a Sunday from 10 am to 3 pm. I was there with fellow MGs Lesley and Joan on Sunday, 21 May, for our first joint MG session. ...
  • Yesterday Posted on 21 May 2013
    The weather was so good yesterday – I spent the entire day planting out my tomatoes and pak choi. I also replanted my rhubarb plant from a pot to a well composted place in th...
  • Potting on – more root space please! Posted on 21 May 2013
    Your seedlings, even after the slow and late spring, will be wanting your attention right now. The mini-plants will be yearning to spread their roots and grow on to the next stage....
  • Ambitious household – novice household Posted on 20 May 2013
    New MG Joan has been busy… Visited new household and was shocked to find they had cleared the ground in preparation. Today we were going to look at using recycled materials t...
  • Ling Yang Posted on 20 May 2013
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  • Couch grass Posted on 24 May 2013
    When Master Gardener Sue first took on her allotment in Norwich, the best growing plants were bindweed, dock and couch grass. Such a starting point would deter any gardener, but no...
  • Jun 4th: Outdoor Projects Network Meeting Posted on 24 May 2013
    Outdoor Projects Network Meeting on Tuesday 4th of June at Bowthorpe Church Centre, Bowthorpe Hall Road, Norwich NR5 9AA. Starting at 6.30 – 7pm. An informal event with the s...
  • Jun 21st: ESCAPE community allotment BBQ Posted on 24 May 2013
    The ESCAPE Community Allotment Project is hosting an Open Day Barbeque, June 21st, 11am-2pm. We will be celebrating our achievements so far, and giving those interested in the proj...
  • Sustainability in the post austerity age Posted on 21 May 2013
    Professor Tim O’Riordan was guest speaker at the March meeting of Norfolk Organic Group.  Professor O’Riordan (henceforth referred to as ‘Tim’ for purposes...
  • Growing in aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance Posted on 20 May 2013
    Master Gardener joined forces with Master Composter at Woodgate Nursery’s Garden Show – their annual fund-raising event for East Anglian Air Ambulance.  Although the morning w...
  • Spring Kitchen free April and May recipies Posted on 17 May 2013
    Spring Kitchen in Lincoln are producing seasonal recipe cards, available here as a pdf download. April and May include Spinach and Cheese Tortillas, Coconut Curried Leeks, Carrot a...
  • May 12th: Bracebridge Heath Festival Posted on 10 May 2013
    Key attractions: A festival with something for everyone. More than 45 stalls & attractions including the Bracebridge Heath Gardeners Association (at Stall 37) with ‘guest...
  • Reduce, Re-use, Recycle Posted on 1 May 2013
    Reduce, re-use, recycle. So goes the primary school mantra as they transform old cardboard boxes into rockets and dolls’ houses, newspapers into plant pots and papier-mâché. Si...
  • Testing your soil Posted on 29 April 2013
    Have you been struggling with a, or some, vegetables in your garden? Do you want to grow something that likes acidic soil but your not sure if you have that type of soil? Rather th...
  • May 12th: The Stamford Garden Show Posted on 22 April 2013
    Arranged by the local Rotary Club, the Stamford Garden Show is an exhibition of local suppliers and interests. Stamford Community Garden, which is supported by two Lincolnshire MGs...
  • Welcome to Somerset Master Gardeners Posted on 21 November 2012
      Garden Organic is delighted to announce our partnership with Somerset Community Food to support volunteer ‘Master Gardeners’ to help communities grow their own f...
  • Blogs coming soon Posted on 9 February 2013
    Our programme at HMP Rye Hill begins in spring 2013. Please visit back soon for latest blogs. In the meantime, please click here to read Master Gardener blogs from across the UK Ab...
  • Case studies coming soon Posted on 9 February 2013
    Our programme at HMP Rye Hill begins in spring 2013. Please visit back soon for latest case studies. In the meantime, please click here to read case studies from our Master Gardene...
We’re creating a model to establish custom networks of volunteer Master Gardeners in more UK areas. More information available here.

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