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Courgette Cake Recipe
Time: c.1.5 hr (including time for cooling) If you have an abundance of courgettes piling up from a successful courgette plant crop and need a way to use them up, or you love the texture and moistness of a carrot cake - but would like to try something a little bit different, this wonderful summery cake with a beautifully tangy lime glaze is perfect with a cup of tea, or a refreshing cold drink. Ingredients Cake Mix 400g courgettes 225g…
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Eight Top Tips for a Brilliant BBQ
At the first hint of a dry spell after winter, it officially becomes ‘British barbecue season.’ You may have your tried and tested techniques, but with these invaluable tips from the barbecue experts at Weber, your grilling can be simpler, tastier and safer than ever before. 1. No Fuss Cleaning There is no need to clean the barbecue immediately after each use. Instead, when you next cook, pre-heat your barbecue for 10 minutes. This allows…
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Mackerel with Potato, Beetroot & Orange Salad Recipe
Serves: 4Time: c.35 minutes Below you can find the recipe for a delightfully light summer dish, full of flavour and perfect for a family barbecue, created by our very own development chef, Chris Search. A beautifully fresh dish that that's quick and easy so that you can carry on enjoying the sunshine. Ingredients 500g new potatoes 2 oranges –segmented (reserve the juice) 150g cooked small beetroot – cut into thin wedges 4 spring onions –thinly sliced at an angle…
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Chelsea 2018 New Plant | Eryngium ‘Blue Waves’
With alluring flowers and fascinating foliage, it is no surprise that Eryngium is a popular choice for floral displays to add variety, height and stunning silhouettes. A striking addition to any arrangement, these small thistle-like plants have eye-catching, distinctive ruff-like bracts, and are elegantly marbled with metallic, steely blue and silver tones. The jagged spikey bracts surround the flower, adding drama to the garden. Origins One of the best-known species of Eryngium is E.bourgatti, from…
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The Hillier Great Garden Makeover
Earlier this year, we had an idea inspired by the TV shows DIY SOS and Love Your Garden. Here at Hillier, we all wanted to do something special for our charity partner Wessex Cancer Trust by transforming a garden for one of their clients. At first we wondered if maybe the project was a little too big to take on, then we realised, if anyone can do this, Hillier can. With 73 Chelsea Gold Medals, a wonderful…
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Hillier all set for a Goldrush at Chelsea
April 2018 Hillier is set to introduce two new plants in its Chelsea Flower Show garden this year. With an international reputation for its horticultural skills and expertise, and a world record holder for having the most Chelsea golds, Hillier is the name that is synonymous with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Each year Hillier launches its latest plant varieties at the show and this year there are new plants being showcased, both very different but complementing the…
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Hillier RHS Chelsea Flower Show Exhibit – What’s Happening
May 2018 For many people, the Hillier exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, is one of the “must-see” gardens at the show with visitors flocking, eager to see which new plants will be launched each year. As Chelsea’s most successful exhibitor, and holder of the world record for having the most consecutive Chelsea gold medals, Hillier always puts on a fantastic display. This year is no different, with a whole host of ways for visitors…
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Hillier brings A Royal Celebration to the Chelsea Flower Show
April 2018 This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show will feature a truly special display commissioned to celebrate the Royal Wedding and Hillier has been selected to create it. “A Royal Celebration by Hillier” will welcome visitors to the Great Pavilion at this year’s show. At the heart of the entrance will be impressive corten-steel staircases adorned with beautifully royal-themed floral displays to welcome visitors. Seeing as Hillier is the UK’s largest grower of semi-mature trees, it…
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The numbers behind an award-winning Chelsea Flower Show garden
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of the most prestigious events in the global gardening calendar, with over 165,000 people attending the show each year. The amount of work in putting together the show is phenomenal, but just what does it take to create a gold medal-winning Chelsea garden? George Hillier gives insight from the most successful exhibitor in Chelsea Flower Show history, Hillier Nurseries. There are some incredibly impressive numbers behind Hillier, and…
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Navigating the Chelsea Landscape
The MJT Landscapes team, together with Caitlin McLaughlin, on build day one of ‘Spring’ by Hillier for Chelsea Flower Show 2017 For the second year running, Landscaping Contractors MJT Landscapes are supporting Hillier with our Chelsea Flower Show garden. MJT Landscapes Founder, Mark Tomlinson, shares some of the most challenging and rewarding elements in the creation of ‘Spring’ by Hillier. MJT Landscapes and Hillier first worked together for the Chelsea Flower Show in 2016, when the company…
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Hillier Set to Inspire at Chelsea 2018
January 2018 This year's Chelsea Flower Show 2018 exhibit, “Stihl Inspiration” by Hillier will take on a more rustic theme than previously featured in Hillier’s exhibits with corten steel throughout, and orange and blue flowering plants will add warmth alongside the traditional feature of Hillier’s mature trees. Hillier holds the record for the most consecutive Chelsea gold medals and hopes the 2018 show will see it receiving its 73rd. Keen to boost interaction with the exhibit, Sarah…
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15 year old art prodigy, commissioned for limited edition Chelsea Flower Show paintings
March 2018 Kieron Williamson, a 15 year old from Norfolk, is one of the world’s most sought after professional young artists with a global waiting list of art enthusiasts that eagerly look forward to his next masterpiece. Kieron’s first painting sold for a phenomenal £14,000 when he was just six years old; he has featured extensively on worldwide television, websites and in newspapers and his work has been secured for many prestigious private collections, including…
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Chelsea 2018 New Plant Hydrangea aspera ‘Gold Rush’
Famed for their showy yet delicate heads of beautiful flower, hydrangeas are one of the most popular shrubs, a real nation’s favourite! With all the attributes of its fellow hydrangeas, H. ‘Gold Rush’ also has distinctive velvety textured gold foliage with striking lavender blue flowers, surrounded by distinctive white florets on its edges. A spectrum of colour The new growth of H. ‘Gold Rush’ that emerges in spring is truly unique. It initially displays shades…
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Earl Grey Tea Loaf Recipe
This Hillier Recipe is a twist on a classic tea loaf. Infused with Earl Grey tea, this loaf will have you coming back slice after slice.
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Chairman Robert Hillier Celebrates his Hillier Half Century
Robert Hillier, photographed by Michael Butters for the Winchester Portrait Exhibition 2017. From a mail order plant business to a thriving grower and Garden Centre Group, much has progressed in the amazing 50 years Chairman Robert Hillier, OBE VMH, has worked at Hillier. He reflects on some of the major milestones and proudest moments of his career to date. “I joined Hillier in 1967, at a time when my father, Sir Harold Hillier, was still…
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