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Welcome to the Garden information Centre

On these pages you will find topical and useful garden advice to help you with your gardening projects. We will be adding to these pages regularly over the coming months so don't forget to add this page to your favourites and revisit us again soon.

Current Information Centre content

• Looking after your lawn in Autumn
• Garden Advice from Bide-A-Wee Cottage Gardeners
• Garden organisations
• Garden and Plant Databases

Gardening Advice from the Experts

For further gardening advice Garden Mall recommends you visit the garden advice section of Bide-A-Wee Cottage Gardens and Nursery. Bide-A-Wee has been developed over 25 years from an old quarry and now is one of Northumberland's great treasures. The Bide-A-Wee website allows you to put your gardening questions direct to the gardeners behind this great attraction, topics range from buying plants to preparing your very own wild flower meadow. See gardenadvice website >>

Gardening Organisations

• Royal Horticultural Society - Gateway to gardening.
• English Heritage - Conserving English landscapes and buildings.
• NGS - The National Gardens Scheme of England & Wales.
• British Red Cross Open Gardens - British Red Cross care for people in crisis.
• LIH Landscape Information Hub - Information on historic gardens and parks, plus planning.
• NCCPG - The world's leading cultivated plant conservation charity.
• The Association of Gardens Trusts - Umberella organization for all County Garden Trusts.
• HDRA - Dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.
• Soil Association - The home of organic food, farming and sustainable forestry.
• Woodland Trust - UK's leading charity dedicated to the protection of our native woodland heritage.
• The Native Tree Shop - Launched by the Woodland Trust, native trees from their own on-line shop.
• Forestry Commission - Responsible for the protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands.
• Brogdale - Home to the National Fruit Collections.
• Home Orchard Society - HOS is a world wide non-profit organization to help home orchardists grow good fruit.
• Thrive - National charity promoting gardening and horticultural activity for training, therapy and health.

Garden and plant databases

• UK Database of Historic Parks & Gardens - A growing database of historic parks and gardens.
• Plants Database - A collection of the most interesting plants in cultivation, worldwide.
• RHS Plant Finder - Find the plant and the supplier (UK only).
• Postcode Plants Database - Search for plant native to your area.
• Topiary Inspiration - All you want to know about topiary, including a new topiary book series.
• European Gardens - Pictures and descriptions of European gardens plus some other countries.
• Gardens to Go - Guide to gardens in the south east of England with descriptions and many photographs.
• Gardens of Cornwall - Use the garden finder to search for gardens in Cornwall open to the public.
• Garden Picture Library - Inspirational images of gardens and flowers. Registration required.
• Australasian Plant Society - UK society promoting the growing of Australian and New Zealand plants.
• About Japanese Gardens - Landscaping and design, Zen and rock gardens, water gardens.
• The Japanese Garden Database - Compilations of gardens in Japan and other Japanese-style gardens.
• Some Notes on Chinese Gardens - Examples and notes of Chinese garden design.