There are many pages on LoveTheGarden.com providing standard advice on growing vegetables and flowers in the garden or greenhouse. Click here for special tips specfically on growing plants for Chelsea Flower Show.
Create a vegetable garden
How to create a vegetable garden in urban gardens, vegetable plots or allotments. Includes tips on soil type, preparation and the best locations.
What fruit can I grow?
Fruit trees, fruit canes and bushes are best grown in garden soil, though there’s fruit varieties that can be grown successfully in large tubs.
Vegetable planner
A-Z of vegetables
Find out how to grow the perfect vegetables. Contains tips and advice for soil, planting, caring for the plants and harvesting.
Sowing seed outdoors
Hardy annual flower seeds and seeds of many vegetables and salad crops can be sown directly outdoors where they are to grow.
Crop rotation explained
Rotating your crops to different plots each season is one of the best ways to avoid vegetable pests, diseases and disorders.
Plant feeding: nutrients
Specially balanced plant foods supply the nourishment needed to produce strong root systems, healthy growth and abundant flowers and fruit.
Making composts
Composting your kitchen and garden waste will give you an environmentally friendly source of organic matter – and it’s free!
