It's that wonderful time of year again for all gardening lovers, as the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show begins this week.
To celebrate this grand occasion, we caught up with guest Michael Perry from Thompson & Morgan to pick his brains a little bit...
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We have a very exciting Thompson & Morgan Today's Special Value coming up on Monday 22nd April, so we caught up with garden expert Matt Biggs to give us some insider info on this special new plant...
Once in a while an exciting new plant appears, something different, dramatic and totally unexpected, that has gardeners buzzing with delight! This was the reaction when Digitalis ‘Illumination’ was introduced - this outstanding plant captured everyone's imagination and gained a prestigious Plant of the Year award at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012.
It is the result of the genius of Thompson & Morgan’s plant breeding expert, Charles Valin. He brought together two parent plants everyone thought it impossible to breed; our native, purple, ‘Foxglove’ and rich orange Digitalis canariensis, its exotic relative from the Canary Islands, to produced these extraordinary, must have beauties for every garden.
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Hi all, Gill here!
I think that spring may be here at last, thank goodness. Whether you have patch of grass or a well manicured lawn, we all like to picnic outdoors.
All the better on a sunny day when there is not a cloud in the sky, just sitting in our own garden , enjoying the moment, relaxing and admiring our surroundings... ahhh bliss.
Outdoor entertaining has now reached new and dizzy heights. I for one love using my small but neat garden as another room.
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We hope you all enjoyed the long Easter weekend and feel refreshed (and not too stuffed from chocolate Easter eggs!)!
To celebrate the long weekend, we offered you the chance to win this fabulous hamper of gardening goodies, worth over £200! To enter, all you had to do was answer the following question:
Q: Which Anniversary will Richard Jackson be celebrating with QVC this April?
And the correct answer was B) 15 years
Our lucky winner can not be revealed and it is Brenda from Birmingham - congrats! We'll email you shortly with further details about your prize...
It's time for the long Easter weekend and we've got some great shows to keep you entertained throughout including two hours of Richard Jackson shows every day from 9am! To top that, we're also offering you the chance to win this fabulous hamper of gardening goodies, worth over £200!
This prize includes everything you need to get your garden looking great from Richard's famous Flower Power to a set of stylish solar lights.
To enter, simply answer the following question:
Q: Which Anniversary will Richard Jackson be celebrating with QVC this April?
A) 50 years
B) 15 years
C) 1 year
Send us your answer along with your full name and address to competitions_uk@qvc.com before midnight on Monday 1st April (and no this isn't an April Fools joke!) One winner will then be randomly selected and announced in QGossip on Tuesday. Good luck and enjoy the weekend!
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We're excited to announce that yet again QVC will be teaming up with Amateur Gardening Weekly magazine to produce a fortnightly expert gardening column throughout the summer months. Twice a month there will be a column in the magazine filled with seasonal hints, tips and advice, written by one of QVC's gardening experts, including Matt Biggs, Michael Perry, Claire Austin, George Clowes to mention a few and, of course, Richard Jackson!
QVC's resident expert Richard tells us more...
"If you’d like to find out what I'm doing in my garden this year, as well as picking up some top tips from QVC's gardening experts including Raymond Evison then don't miss our new fortnightly column in Amateur Gardening. Our exclusive articles will be appearing in the UK's top selling gardening weekly and will continue throughout the summer. It's the perfect way to learn a little more from our gardening team!"
And it pays to be a QVC customer - we are also offering you an exclusive deal on the Amateur Gardening Weekly magazine subscription - click here to subscribe to Amateur Gardening and save up to 40%. Or call 0844 848 0848 and please quote 16D.
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Hi everyone, Matthew Biggs here,
It's hard to believe that spring is almost here - at last we can get into the garden! Here are some of my top tips to ensure your garden looks bloomin' marvellous this year.
It is a great idea to pull out weeds before they produce seeds - just a few hours effort saves lots of weeding this coming year.
Set beer traps for slugs before the end of February. Early trapping keeps the numbers down, you can then move on to wildlife-friendly ferric phosphate pellets later on.
By March you should have ordered your plug plants and be growing them on in the greenhouse or on a bright windowsill.
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It's that time of year again... the Christmas tree is gone, the decorations are down and the annual spring clean is looming. It's also that time to kick-start all those DIY tasks you've been putting off until the new year.
To celebrate the launch of our new DIY projects show with Simon Biagi, we have assembled the perfect DIY prize hamper to get you started on all those planned (and procastinated) projects!
This month we are celebrating the 19th anniversary of QVC's longest running show - DIY on Sunday! Make sure you tune in at 10am on Sunday 11th November to see what we have in store for you.
We will have a special guest coming in to present the Power8 tool - Tommy Walsh, star of Ground Force. This complete power tool system features a drill and circular saw, that can all be used in conjunction with the same battery and all packs into a compact and portable carry case.
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We're celebrating 19 years of DIY on Sunday here at QVC!
I began working backstage at QVC in 1999 and the DIY shows were one of my favourite to work on. They were always full of energy, the guest presenters are a lot of fun and what can I say about Harry Green, he had us all laughing!
Take a look at the video below to see how the show has evolved over the years and then read on to hear from QVC presenter Simon Biagi...
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