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How to make a floral spring swag

Main Image: person watering a plants seedling with a green watering can, in a garden in the summer sunshine. Practicing summer water-saving tips

Summer Water-Saving, Slug Tips and Free Plants

The Allotment Diaries Episode 12

Main Image: Slug eating a cabbage leaf - demonstrating the need for organic slug control in gardening.

Organic Slug Control and Successional Sowing Tips

The Allotment Diaries Episode 11

Main image: Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains made by Kate Nisbet, using white, cream and blue wool with wooden bead accessories.

Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains Tutorial

Text reads, "How to write a book with Alison Mott" over an image of a person writing a book.

How to write a book 6

a woman explaining something to two men using a tablet

How to write a book 5

Two best friends laughing and having a good time together

How to write a book 4

Cheerful child having fun playing and blowing a dandelion into the air in a park.

How to write a book 3

Restored Victorian red brick houses with coloured doors

How to write a book 2

A Happy Woman Hugging Her Mother While She Is Sitting In The Kitchen And Drinking Tea

How to write a book 1

Part of Mindspace Week 2022

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The Power of Reading: Reading Well for Dementia

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025

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Latest Developments in Dementia Research

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025

Main Image: A woman in a flower field picking a bunch of flowers from her cut flower garden - in the sunshine wearing a yellow/orange apron.

Planning a Cut Flower Garden and a Seed Swap

The Allotment Diaries Episode 10

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What to sow now for next year's crops

The Allotment Diaries Episode 3

A pencil drawing being sketched

An introduction to drawing