This is the website of the Drury family of Kings Heath in Birmingham U.K. , covering Andrea, Howard and James Drury  and gives details of their work, hobbies and family interests.

Jobs for January 2012 A list of jobs for the garden and greenhouse depending on the weather Click here

RHS publishes list of top ten pests for 2011 click here

Missing wedding ring found on carrot after 16 years Click here

EU confirms a UK ban on the use of peat would be unlawful Click here

ExtraCare Garden in Bloom Awards 2011

Yours Live is planned for 6th-9th March 2012 WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE DETAILS

Ventnor Botanic Garden facing cuts and being sold Click Here for more

Feuding neighbour dies over fence argument clck here to read the sad facts

Pesticides links to disruptive children suffering ADHD click here for more information

Bamboos flowering can cause famine and even death - click here to find out it is really true

The end for Busy Lizzies or a promising new future as Downey Mildew becomes countrywide major problem  click here for more about this killer disease

Threat to our Box plants as dangerous caterpillar found in Berkshire Gardens Click here for full story

 Monthly Newsletter for Ashwood Nurseries   Click here

Try our links section for more on gardening tips from other sites either by clicking on the left menu option or by clicking here

  New Singer set to take world by Storm  -  12 year old Patricia Janečková wins talent competition Click here to find out more

New Guinness Book of Records Attempt

While recently in Penzance Andrea and I joined in an attempt to muster the most Pirates in one place  hoping to beat Hastings previous record of 6116 - please to say 8734 of us turned up some far better dressed than us two and we are now waiting for the photographic evidence to be accepted for this amazing fun event. The oldest person was 92, youngest 2 moths and one lady had travelled from Inverness!

Older News Stories (see News archived by year)

Government invests £670,000 trying to create strawberry resistant to climate change click here  

Alan Titchmarsh Ballard to feature at Edinburgh fringe festival Click here to read more or book your tickets!

Alan Titchmarsh beats Monty Don in TV garden war Click here for the real facts and figures

Row over peat: Alys Fowler vs Alan Titchmarsh Click here to find out who you support

Want to hear something really unusual - it might even make the top 10 hits Am not sure who wrote and recorded this but it brings a cheer to our rather boring lifestyles! Click this link if you dare! (but please do come back to my website!)

Push Button Watering Can as shown at Butlins (Yours Live) and ExtraCare Charitable Trust Garden Captains Days Click here for link to the NuCan website (My can was red and old!)

 A pair of Nuthatches spent some time today 8th Sptember searching for food in my rotting fence panel before finding a liking for sunflower hearts in my  bird feeder tubes

Woodpeckers in Kings Heath 

This morning the distinct red cap of a Woodpecker could be seen as he searched for food in a Syringa bush close to our house (6th August) let's hope they bred locally and this becomes a more common sight! 

Please do explore all the pages and by clicking on any of the many highlighted items you will find much more information.