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Autumn lawn care guide

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

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5 ways to make your garden cosy

5 ways to make your garden cosy for autumn

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?

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How to repair lawn patches

A guide to lawn patch repair

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

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What to plant in autumn and winter containers

What to plant in autumn and winter containers

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

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What to do in your garden in December

Christmas gifts from the garden

Christmas gifts from the garden

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

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Real Christmas trees

Real Christmas trees

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

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Caring for Christmas houseplants

Caring for Christmas houseplants

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

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Choosing a Christmas tree

Choosing a Christmas tree

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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A guide to feeding border plants

A guide to feeding border plants

Plants need to be able to draw on reserves of all the vital elements to have healthy leaves and produce quality flowers...

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Patio fruit trees

Patio fruit trees

Apples, pears, plums, cherries and even lemons. If you don’t have a large garden, growing your own fruit and fruit trees...

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How to grow mushrooms

How to grow mushrooms at home

Find out how you can grow your own mushrooms at home.

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Flowering plants for winter gardens

Winter flowering plants and shrubs

Even in the middle of winter there are still a few brave plants in flower, brightening up cold dark days with colour and...

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Holly (Ilex)

Holly plants (Ilex)

Hollies are among the most valuable and versatile garden plants.

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18 beautiful fairytale garden ideas

18 beautiful fairytale garden ideas

We know you share our love of the great outdoors. However small or large your garden, it’s an outdoor space that can...

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Wisteria

Wisteria flowers

Wisterias are gorgeous climbing plants, perfect for covering walls and fences or grown over pergolas and arches where...

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Patio planters and plant ideas

Patio planters and plant ideas

Patio planters and plants are a great way to decorate your patio and garden area. Relatively inexpensive and only a...

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How to grow watermelon

How to grow and care for watermelon at home

Juicy, nutritious and refreshing, there remains something slightly exotic about watermelon - and perhaps they’re a rare...

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Watering camellias, blueberries and other acid loving plants

Watering camellias, blueberries and other acid loving plants

When it comes to watering rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and other lime-hating, acid-loving, ericaceous plants, they...

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Controlling and preventing lawn weeds

Controlling and preventing lawn weeds

Lawn weeds can be a stubborn and problematic issue on any lawn. Follow our comprehensive guide on tackling lawn weeds.

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Micropropagation versus traditional plant propagation

Micropropagation versus traditional plant propagation

So What Is Micropropagation? Put as simply as possible, micropropagation is where you take tissue from a plant to...

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