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Garden News is the magazine for every gardener, bringing you everything you need to know in the garden each week. Each issue is packed full of practical, down-to-earth gardening tips, grow-your-own advice, ideas and inspiration, as well as all the latest news, new plants and products plus great money-saving offers and free gifts. See what we're all about in our sample mini mag!
Garden News is the magazine for every gardener, bringing you everything you need to know in the garden each week. Each issue is packed full of practical, down-to-earth gardening tips, grow-your-own advice, ideas and inspiration, as well as all the latest news, new plants and products plus great money-saving offers and free gifts. See what we're all about in our sample mini mag!
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AboutNOW<br />
Enter the<br />
garden of<br />
smiles<br />
Temple-like topiary, magical<br />
sculptures and a nod to Blighty<br />
With more than 30<br />
themed gardens,<br />
there’s a nod to<br />
every culture and<br />
animal kingdom<br />
If you’re visiting Thailand this<br />
summer, the NongNooch<br />
Tropical Botanical <strong>Garden</strong><br />
between Pattaya and Sattaheep<br />
is well worth a daytrip or two.<br />
First opened in the 1980s,<br />
NongNooch is host to weird<br />
and wonderful attractions and<br />
themed gardens, including a<br />
Bonsai <strong>Garden</strong>, Desert Rose<br />
<strong>Garden</strong>, European<br />
<strong>Garden</strong>, Orchid <strong>Garden</strong>,<br />
Floating <strong>Garden</strong>, animal<br />
sculptures and a real zoo.<br />
There’s a hotel and<br />
eateries on site so you<br />
can stay long enough to enjoy all<br />
there is to offer. You could even<br />
make your way around the site<br />
by bike or pedal boat hire – or if<br />
you’re not<br />
scared of heights, the 3km Sky<br />
Walk! Visit www.nong<br />
noochgardenpattaya.com<br />
Photos: Shutterstock<br />
Butterfly House opens<br />
Next week sees the opening of the<br />
National Botanic <strong>Garden</strong> of Wales’ brand<br />
new Butterfly House – Plas Pilipala.<br />
More than 20 butterfly species will arrive as<br />
pupae, including species from Central and<br />
South America, the West Indies, Caribbean,<br />
Tonga, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. It<br />
opens to the public on July 1 and will also<br />
highlight the scientific research the gardens<br />
are doing with bees, pollen, honey, hoverflies,<br />
moths and other pollinators.<br />
The move comes as part of a larger drive to<br />
make the gardens more appealing as a family<br />
attraction. This will include holding more than<br />
100 days of family activity events, such as den<br />
building and pond dipping, a £50,000 new play<br />
Some of the new butterflies<br />
Polymorphic<br />
longwing<br />
Blue<br />
morpho<br />
park, a water zorbing pool and a new straw<br />
bale maze.<br />
For further information visit www.<br />
botanicgarden.wales, tel 01558 667149.<br />
Tailed<br />
jay<br />
The Butterfly House at the<br />
National Botanic <strong>Garden</strong> of Wales<br />
Asian<br />
swallowtail<br />
National Botanic <strong>Garden</strong> of Walesw<br />
Shutterstock<br />
How to help<br />
hedgehogs<br />
Who doesn’t love seeing a<br />
hedgehog snuffling<br />
around in their garden?<br />
Yet, surprisingly, a survey by the<br />
RSPB has revealed 24 per cent of<br />
280,000 people asked have never<br />
seen one in their plot. Now the<br />
charity is urging people to make<br />
their outdoor spaces more wildlife<br />
friendly to encourage more visits.<br />
In particular, hedgehogs are<br />
attracted to wild patches, and places<br />
to shelter such as woodpiles or a<br />
specially-made hedgehog house.<br />
Also, make sure your garden has a<br />
small access space, such as a 15cm<br />
(6in) hole under your fence or gate.<br />
They’ll repay your hospitality by<br />
keeping your tender plants free<br />
from nibbling slugs and snails.