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Alan Titchmarsh: The boy who left school early with one O-level 60 years ago... and found the perfect careerOur columnist Alan Titchmarsh reflects on 60 years of gardening.
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Alan Titchmarsh: Wordsworth was dead wrong about lonely clouds — but he was on to something with daffodilsAlan Titchmarsh loves daffodils — don't we all? — and shares some of his favourite varieties.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The art and craft of the head gardenerThere are a healthy number of estates whose gardening staff are a vital part of their continued existence — Alan Titchmarsh pays tribute.
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Alan Titchmarsh: Change your plants, buy a greenhouse, erect a shed — do something to shake up your garden this winterSpring will be here before you know it, so why not shake up your garden before the bloom? Alan Titchmarsh offers some suggestions on how to do just that.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The most spectacular flowers of spring are easy, guaranteed to flower — and now is the time to plant themAlan Titchmarsh doesn't like tulips. He loves them.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The plants that I simply can't ever growUnless you're lucky enough to have a garden with medium loam soil, chances are that there are plants which you'll always struggle — but you're not alone, says Alan Titchmarsh.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The priceless flowers I planted before my grandchildren were born — and they're still going strongMemories are made of... Agapanthus ‘Catharina’—still blooming in the writer’s garden and now older than his grandchildren
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Alan Titchmarsh: The secrets of my wildflower meadowIt's been 10 years in the making, but Alan Titchmarsh's wildflower meadow is now full of life, colour and needs next to no maintenance.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The iconic British garden designer who worked for kings, queens and A-listers across the worldGreat garden designers 'have a plant vocabulary that runs into hundreds or even thousands' says Alan — and that's at the heart of Russell Page's genius.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The Chelsea Flower Show needs to stop pandering to trends and remember that it's a celebration of gardeningOur columnist Alan Titchmarsh is a supporter — and a vice-president — of the RHS. But he worries that the horticulture is in danger of going missing from the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The plants that make me smile the mostAlan Titchmarsh admits that the plants that give him most pleasure aren't always the ones he's intended to grow.
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All the King's gardens, by Alan TitchmarshAlan Titchmarsh considers the new monarch’s extraordinary contribution to British gardening, which is always underpinned by organic methods and a strong belief in husbandry and stewardship.
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Alan Titchmarsh: Spring's hoary old clichés might be trite — but they're all trueThe phrase 'Spring is a new beginning’ may be a touch trite for today’s tastes, says Alan Titchmarsh, but it is 'a phrase that invades my mind each and every March'.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The hardest thing in life is keeping a sense of perspective. In that respect, a garden has no equalWe all need a garden sanctuary, says our columnist Alan Titchmarsh.
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Alan Titchmarsh: I won't hear a bad word about privet hedges, but they're not a patch on my one-off 'country hedge'Privet hedges have had a bad name for years — not least thanks to Harry Potter — but have plenty to recommend them, says Alan Titchmarsh.
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Alan Titchmarsh: My favourite books for winter garden dreamingAs the gardening takes a back seat and the sofa and the fire beckon, Alan recommends some of his favourite books to while away the long winter nights.
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Alan Titchmarsh: 'It came as a disappointment to Dad when I wanted to be a gardener, but he hid it well'Alan Titchmarsh's father wasn't much of a gardener — but further back in his family tree were many green-fingered forbears, and he still uses many of their tools despite them being over a century old.
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Alan Titchmarsh: Everyone loves tulips — but make sure you plant the good onesIt's the time of year to plant tulips if you want an explosion of colour next Spring. Alan Titchmarsh picks out some of his favourite tulip varieties which go well beyond the usual suspects.
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Birkhall: The home of The Prince of Wales on the Balmoral estate, AberdeenshireAlan Titchmarsh explores the garden of Birkhall, The Prince of Wales's Scottish home on the Balmoral estate.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The immutable truth of gardening? You only get out what you put inIn gardening, there are no shortcuts says Alan Titchmarsh: you only get out what you put in.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The best plants to grow in a boggy gardenAlan Titchmarsh doesn't like soggy socks, but there are plants that love standing around in the damp all day.
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Alan Titchmarsh: I'm not a garden obsessive — but if I were, these are the plants that would take over my thoughtsI'm not an obsessive, pleads Alan Titchmarsh, but just an enthusiast — and he tells us which plants he's most 'enthusiastic' about over the course of a year.
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Alan Titchmarsh: Of all the fragrant plants in my garden, this is the one I most look forward to enjoyingThe gardener, writer and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh shares his favourite flowers for early in the season — including one with a simply unbeatable fragrance.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The old wives' tales of gardening that are total rubbish — and the ones with a grain of truthThere is often more than a grain of truth in gardening wisdom that comes from folklore.
