Advice & Inspiration

Advice & inspiration

After a long summer of getting the best out of your lawn, it is time to start preparing it for winter.

As the weather starts to cool down at the end of the summer, how can you still make the most of your garden in autumn?

We explain how you can repair your lawn patches quickly and easily.

If your patio looks a little drab and uninteresting after a colourful summer, then plant up your containers with late...

Why not add a personal touch to your Christmas gifts this year by making your own!

Nothing says 'Christmas is on its way' like the smell of a real tree - let alone the joy of picking one and decorating...

Christmas houseplants are a great way of brightening up the house and they’re fabulous Christmas gifts.

There’s nothing quite like a real Christmas tree to decorate a room and fill your home with that nostalgic seasonal...

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Follow this monthly lawn planning guide to have a great looking lawn all year round.

Box tree caterpillars feed on the plants’ leaves within webbing produced over the foliage and can completely defoliate...

There can be many problems plaguing a lawn, preventing it from looking its best.

Winter box (or sweet box) is a delightful evergreen, winter-flowering shrub – despite its difficult to pronounce...

Crassula ovata is the botanical name of the plant commonly referred to as the ‘money plant’.

To get the best out of your lawn and to get it to thrive rather than just survive getting the right seed mix for your...

Jasmines are very popular deciduous, semi-evergreen or evergreen climbing plants. Most are summer flowering, producing...

What should you grow in a raised bed?

Ginger is a powerful tropical vegetable that has a wealth of benefits and is surprising easy to home-grow.

Chrysanthemums are a big group of plants – with varieties producing flowers in all colours of the rainbow, from a few...

One of life’s great pleasures has to be sitting outside in your garden, be it reading a book, having a chat or just...

Crunchy gravel drives and paths may sound good, but weeds can be a year-round problem.