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On clay soil, a tree's roots can dry the ground enough to move a house. Here is how far to plant common garden trees, what your insurer will ask about trees near your home, and the checks to make before you take a big tree down.
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A dahlia that opens half one colour and half another has not caught anything nasty. It is a sectorial chimera, a one-off genetic slip in the flower’s growing point. Here is why ‘Café au Lait Royal’ is prone to it, how to tell it from virus, and how to try to keep it.
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Why bare-root season is the time to start growing your own fruit A stack of tins will see you through three days…
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A hedge is something animals eat Most people choose a hedge by looking at it. If you keep horses, sheep, goats or…
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It's the email (or rather, the panicked photo) we get every single year: a bundle of twigs, looking about as lively as…
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Chelsea Flower Show 2026 has opened its gates and the early reports are gloriously colourful – roses, clematis, salvias and delphiniums in abundance. We take a look at the biggest plant trends, the Plant of the Year winner, and how to bring a little Chelsea magic into your own garden.
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Ashridge has been awarded the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award for outstanding customer service, thanks to genuine reviews from our wonderful customers and three consecutive years of Gold Standard recognition.
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Spot the Christmas Elf for your chance to win £1,000 in Ashridge vouchers! From 1st–25th December, our festive elf will be hiding somewhere on the Ashridge website. Find him each day and enter the competition for your chance to win £1,000 in Ashridge vouchers!
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There are so many things a gardener wants to find under the tree on Christmas morning. But not another decorative fork and…
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In January, gardeners stare longingly at soggy patches of lawn and bare trees, scouring the earth for the tender spear of a…
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Montane habitats are at the top of and above the treeline, where the last wind-blasted trees and shrubs grow, below the even…
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Homes & Gardens has so many interesting articles, we really should steal them more often. This pair of articles about outdated back…
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HortWeek, the coolest name in the industry, produces 4 part peat-free garden podcast extravaganza Ashridge went through the Peat Free Thing on…
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The Coolest Name in the Industry Saves the Best for Last Read our musings on parts 1 & 2. Full disclosure: peat bans…
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Tony Walker’s chilling series of supernatural stories is set in the probably fictional town of Ashridge, which we hope doesn’t exist just…
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Feefo, the gold standard of customer review platforms, has awarded us their 2025 Platinum Trusted Service Award Thank you very much to…
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