The English Garden

Sharing & Caring

When the roses are in full, glorious flush, the lawn is exactly the way it should be and the vegetable garden swells with produce, you might, in a modest way, consider how this exquisite profusion can be shared. Thoughts often begin and end at a garden party, yet gardens, multi-faceted as they are, present dozens of ways to be shared, with varying degrees of commitment and time, and often for good causes.

Grow to Give

Anyone who has grown courgettes will recognise that point in midsummer where there are simply more fruits than anyone can bear. The simplest way to share excess produce is to leave it on a community table. Yet with just

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