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Caring for Your Garden

Garden care

Garden care takes time and patience. From removing algae from the patio to maintaining your gardening tools, our expert guides are here to help your garden look its best.

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How to maintain and care for your gardening tools

How to maintain and care for your gardening tools

Quality gardening tools are designed to last many years, but they must be cared for and regularly maintained.

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How to clean paving and patios

How to clean paving and patios: it’s a dirty job… or is it?

Cleaning paving and patios are often thought of as a tough job. However, with professional patio cleaner, that task...

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How to lay a patio and paving slabs

How to lay a patio and paving slabs

On the face of it, laying a patio can look like a fairly simple task but this task can be quite arduous and labour...

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Flooding and waterlogging

Flooding and waterlogging

For plants and gardens, it is the severe longer-term problems that waterlogging can cause that gardeners need to be...

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What to do in your garden in May

Feeding your lawn | David Domoney | Miracle-Gro

Feeding lawns

Spring is the go-ahead season for lawn care as our gardens become a hub for barbecues or summer sports days with the...

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Feeding plants and borders

Feeding plants and borders

We need to give plants as much help as possible to ensure they survive and perform at their very best.

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Balcony Rail with Planter and Ripe Tomatoes

Growing your own in a small space

Having limited garden needn’t hold you back, there’s plenty to do to make the most of the space you have.

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May planting and harvesting guide

May planting and harvesting guide

May brings us into the heart of Spring, the perfect time to see our crops flourish with fewer chances of frosts.

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Discover the things to do in your garden every month

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What to do with wet compost

What to do with wet compost

A guide to why shop-bought compost can be wet, and what to do about it.

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Peat free compost

Peat free compost

The horticultural scientists at Miracle-Gro have led the way in researching, developing, and investing in alternative...

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Winter pruning: a complete guide for a thriving garden

Winter pruning: a complete guide for a thriving garden

One of the most important gardening tasks you can do from November through to early March is to prune.

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Overwintering tender plants

Overwintering tender plants

While some plants are bone hardy and will survive perfectly fine outside in the garden in a typical winter, some aren’t...

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Autumn gardening with Miracle-Gro

Our guide to autumn gardening

Did you know that the more you tend to your green spaces in autumn, the more it’ll pay off in spring?

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Making your own mulch in autumn

Making your own mulch in autumn

Mulching not only improves the quality of the soil, but also has many other benefits too.

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Composting in the garden

Setting up a corner for composting in the garden will supply you with so much goodness to get back into the soil.

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Home-boosting houseplants | David Domoney | Miracle-Gro

Best houseplants to boost the look of your home

No matter what the size or design of your home, there are houseplants that will suit your home and lifestyle.

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Autumn wildlife | David Domoney | Miracle-Gro

Looking out for wildlife through autumn

With an estimated 24 million gardens in the UK, this provides a huge amount of space and opportunity to help wildlife...

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Bees & butterflies | David Domoney | Miracle-Gro

Encourage more bees and butterflies into your garden

The buzz of bees and the fluttering of butterflies are welcome sounds and sights in the garden, making us feel joyful...

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Pruning Roses | David Domoney | Love The Garden

Pruning roses

Roses are traditional and timeless. They symbolise love, devotion, and admiration, and gifting a bouquet of roses is...

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Why is gardening good | David Domoney | Miracle Gro

Why is gardening good?

There is plenty of goodness in gardening, and here are some of the top ways you can benefit from getting into your...

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