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Schools and other groups can take part in Plant Your Pants. Picture: The Countryside Trust

Plant Your Pants this spring – to see what’s going on ‘down there’!

PEOPLE in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire are being urged to plant their pants – yes, pants – this spring,…

Residents enjoying flower arranging at Moors Manor care home

Blooming good time at care home to mark flower day

RESIDENTS at a St Leonards care home had a blooming marvellous time on International Flower Day. The occasion, on Friday…

Get your entries in for Verwood Spring Show

GARDENERS are being urged to enter a competition next month. The Verwood & District Horticultural Society’s (VDHS) Spring Show is…

Recycling collections and leisure centre opening hours will change over Christmas and new year

Wiltshire Christmas bin collections and recycling centre opening hours

OPENING times for services – and bin collection dates – in Wiltshire over the Christmas and New Year period…

Sorting areas have been installed at Wiltshire recycling centres. Picture: Wiltshire Council

Sorting areas installed at Wiltshire recycling centres

SORTING areas have been set up at Wiltshire recycling centres as data showed more than a third of items…

Petrol lawnmower and leaf blower stolen from Chute Forest garage

A PETROL lawnmower and a leaf blower were stolen from a garage. Police are investigating a burglary at a garage…

Residents enjoyed the floral donation from Sainsbury's in Ferndown

PICTURES: Floral delights for Ferndown care home residents

A GIFT of floral delights brightened the day for residents at a Ferndown care home. Joy and smiles were the…

The gardens at Hatch House will be open for a good cause

Open gardens at Hatch House to raise funds for Salisbury Hospice

THE idyllic setting of Hatch House will be the venue for the Salisbury Hospice Charity Open Garden event next…

Sir Ted Heath, inset (picture: Allan Warren), lived at Arundells from 1985 until his death in 2005.

How Sir Ted Heath’s garden is helping veterans in Salisbury…

THE vegetable patch of a former prime minister has been turned into a thriving community garden. The plot, at Arundells,…

Salisbury City Councillor Eleanor Wills (Con, Harnham West), has hit out at plans for things like parklets, inset

Row over eco-friendly planting options in Salisbury – which could axe hanging baskets

PLANS to create more environmentally-friendly planting schemes in Salisbury have been approved – which could see the end of…