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to the July’s edition of the Life in Buckingham magazine, Dry July? It’s worth a try!

Summer weekends – the perfect setting for cool cider in the sun, beer at the barbecue, Pimm’s at garden parties – but if your liver is already feeling the strain, we may have the solution!

This month, our Aussie friends are busy improving their health whilst raising money for cancer sufferers with Dry July – giving up the booze and getting sponsored for a very good cause, so why not join in with an effort of your own?

The benefits of going alcohol-free can be wonderful – clearer skin, more energy and better concentration, no hangovers, weight loss and it’s cheaper, too – so if you can give it up completely and benefit a charity at the same time, it’s a win / win situation!

The downside – if you drink to relax and unwind after a stressful day, as well as socially, you will need to find a substitute. Exercise has been proven to release ‘feel good chemicals’ within your body, so can de-stress and make you feel great after a long day, whether it’s at the office or juggling school runs and mountains of laundry – so why not try going for a run or swim, and see how you feel?

If you like a drink after work every evening, what’s the best way to ‘go dry’?

Giving up anything you have every day is best done slowly, so why not try reducing to drinking just one night in the week, and at the weekend, and then slowly cut drinking out completely. Buy in plenty of diet drinks, so you’re not replacing alcohol with sugar, and have a glass of fruit juice, squash or a fizzy drink – or just plain water – when you would usually open a bottle, so you don’t feel as though you’re missing something!

Put the spare change you would have spent on booze, in a charity tin instead, and get friends to add a quid or two, instead of buying you the usual pint or G’n’T in the pub – and soon both you and your chosen charity will feel the benefits.

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Wildlife in July

We all love the summer – and a heatwave would be lovely, but whilst we’re enjoying a cold drink or ice cream to cool off, think about the wildlife in your garden, and how they’re coping with prolonged hot weather.

At the lower end of the food chain, insects need plants to be thriving and flowering, in order to obtain food – so having a rainwater barrel attached to your guttering downspout, to collect water which would otherwise go down the drain, can enable you to water your plants free of charge, and keep the garden looking lovely as well as looking after the smallest creatures.

Amphibians, such as toads, will look for anywhere cooler and damp in the heat of the day, so large stones with spaces for them to crawl underneath are perfect.

Birds now have fully fledged young, which means many more mouths to feed – and whilst nature is fabulous at supplying seeds and insects in the summer months, it’s still important to keep the bird feeders topped up and make sure there’s fresh water available – some to drink, and a shallow pan out of the reach of cats, for them to bathe in – it’s great fun to watch!

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So, the school holidays are almost upon us, and if you’re keen to book a great family holiday whilst watching the pennies, then this year, there are two golden rules – think UK, and be flexible!

Usually, it’s cheaper to jet off on a lastminute package holiday, but with the value of the pound as it currently stands, it’s more economical to have a staycation this summer.

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programme in black and white with the irrepressible Percy Thrower. Just like watching snooker, monochrome isn’t the best way to appreciate the colour and spectacle of garden plants nor the game for that matter! We had to wait until the late 1960s for colour TVs and suddenly gardening became gloriously complete!

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austerity and domestic garden design was still in its infancy. Vegetables were widely grown while colour and vibrancy was the preserve of bedding plants – traditional red (Pelargoniums), white (Alyssum) and blue (Lobelia). Patios and paved areas were built from materials to hand and the ever-present small lawn would fill the gaps. Roses were popular, they were one of the hobbyist plants of the time and thank goodness 50 years on they remain ever popular.

During the 1970's changes were afoot. Hard landscaping was available at the burgeoning range of garden centres, including Buckingham Garden Centre which opened in 1970. Planting became more sophisticated while fashion raised its head and many a garden sported a collection of heathers and conifers. We have to thank the Blooms family in Diss, Norfolk for promoting the year-round garden. I remember buying heathers and conifers with my parents and creating my own island bed in the lawn, something we ‘copied’ from the TV! Sweeping borders and geometric shapes became order of the day and new plants started to capture the imagination of the public. The 1970s was also the decade houseplants became a reality – Mother in Law’s Tongue (Sansevieria), Money plant (Crassula ovata), African Violets (Saintpaulia), Rubber plants (Ficus robusta) and Swiss cheese plants (Monstera deliciosa, below), they all made their mark and continue to do so to the present day.

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design had become central to a new garden and this was very much reflected in the press and television at the time. If you want to see one of the best ‘Outdoor Room' then make a date to visit Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire. This garden, created by Lawrence Johnston in 1905, gives you the best perspective on doing just that, defining spaces with style and plants! The popular plants of the 80s were Potentilla ‘Red Ace’, Ballerina apple trees and the bright yellow foliage tree Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’.

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During the 2000's the 'Outdoor Room' is being taken to new levels. New and elegant materials are readily available while growing vegetables returns to the fore using raised beds and veggie trugs. Gardening has also become grounded and we are more environmentally aware through social media.

Gardeners now do more to encourage our beleaguered bee populations than the rest of UK agriculture put together, so education and awareness has become paramount. This has aided schools to add growing plants onto the national curriculum and we know how vital it is that our children are aware of the benefits of plants and where food comes from.

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