Now is the ideal time to get out and get pruning. Look at your outdoor space - does it look like an overwhelming challenge? You’ll be surprised just how easily messy shrubs or straggly, jungly trees ...

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The newly unemployed spending more time at home has led to a boom in gardeners taking up the time-consuming hobby of topiary. Dobbies garden centres says sales of topiary shears and box balls are up ...

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