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Volunteers after the garden renovation was completed earlier this year. Picture: Frome Town Council

Frome community garden effort scoops blooming marvellous award!

A COMMUNITY garden in Frome has picked up a blooming marvellous gong! The renovated area in Milk Street has won…

Autumn home health check

SORRY to be the ones to break the summer mood (although the recent rain started it),…

People are being urged to record the wildlife in their gardens, as well as parks and elsewhere in Somerset. Pictures: SWT/Danny Green/Fergus Gill/Guy Edwardes

Get counting in the garden this month to help record Somerset wildlife

PEOPLE in Somerset are being encouraged to get counting while out and about this month. The Somerset Wildlife Trust’s (SWT)…

Noel Coward, bottom left, and Sir Donald Bradman, right, were among visitors to the Burnham house. Pictures: House Fox/Allan Warren/State Library of South Australia

Somerset house that welcomed Sir Don Bradman and Noel Coward is up for sale

A SOMERSET house which welcomed a host of VIP guests – including the likes of cricket legend Sir Don…

Somerset florist Georgie Newbery with the display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Somerset lands another RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold

SOMERSET has landed another gold medal at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show – this time with funeral arrangements. Florist…

Levi Roots, with Butler & Parker and others at the launch of the Garden of the Future. Picture: Gates Archive/Emma Jacobs

Chickpeas and Levi Roots help Somerset gardener land gold medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

A GARDEN co-designed by a Chard expert has been awarded a prestigious gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower…

‘Handsome’ converted mill in Somerset village – with a brook through the garden – up for sale

A FORMER Somerset mill – converted into a five-bedroom house complete with a brook through the garden – is…

Become a master composter and spread the green word!

COMPOSTERS new and experienced are being sought to encourage the process in North Somerset. People who want to improve their…

Castle Cary is gearing up for Britain in Bloom 2025. Picture: Google

Somerset town launches ambitious plans for 2025 Britain in Bloom competition

A SCARECROW festival, a green wall at a bus stop and more are aiming to help a Somerset town…

Yeovil Recycling Centre is among those assuming spring/summer opening hours. Picture: Google

Somerset recycling centres to start spring/summer opening times

RECYCLING centres in Somerset will revert to spring/summer opening hours from next month. From April 1, all 16 Somerset Council-run…