{"id":136082,"date":"2023-04-26T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/heres-why-we-should-stop-weeding-learn-to-love-our-dandelions-and-brambles-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T07:19:17","slug":"heres-why-we-should-stop-weeding-learn-to-love-our-dandelions-and-brambles-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/heres-why-we-should-stop-weeding-learn-to-love-our-dandelions-and-brambles-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s why we should stop weeding. Learn to love our dandelions and brambles | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWeeds protect the soil and nurture insects and birds \u2013 now they are finally having their time in the sun at the Chelsea flower showThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has declared that this year\u2019s Chelsea flower show is all about weeds, but not as we know them. Four of its 12 show gardens will feature plants traditionally regarded as weeds, which are now being rebranded as \u201cresilient\u201d and \u201cheroes\u201d. Weeds are no longer flowers in the wrong place, according to this year\u2019s organisers, but exactly where they should be, softening the designer\u2019s edge and adding a wild note to far corners. I do love an about-change from the marching band. It\u2019s so full of fanfare and drama.Except it\u2019s not really new, wild things have been creeping into Chelsea for many years now. Just ask Mary Reynolds, the Irish environmentalist and author of We are the Ark whose gold-winning show garden in 2002 was noted for its \u201csubversive use of weeds\u201d, plants that she is still very much using today in her design work.Alys Fowler is a gardener and Guardian columnist Continue reading…
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