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...

With the arrival of autumn comes a task that’s the bane of the season for many gardeners.

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

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

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

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Mistletoe comes into its own around Christmas time, when bunches are commonly hung as a decoration – usually in the hope...

Location and species are both very important factors in determining what food a bird eats, and they are just some of the...

Raised flower beds are an attractive addition to your landscaping and a perfect solution for gardens with problem soil.

Tarragon isn’t a widely grown herb at home, but it is well worth it especially if you like French cuisine.

Birds: singing in the still of the afternoon, glimpsing a cherry red breast as a Robin scoots across the garden, the...

To ensure a perfect lawn, you should be using a lawn spreader for feeding to get even coverage. Our guide to lawn...

There are two types of fennel, herb and Florence, both of which are extremely popular – as well as highly ornamental –...

Dahlias are fabulous summer plants for growing in flower beds, borders, containers and for producing cut flowers.

There are hundreds of reasons to spend time outside in the garden – come sunshine or frost there’s always a fix that can...

Lavender is a fabulous evergreen shrub and every garden should have some. It’s wonderfully colourful, with its silvery...

In the UK, there are around 27 million people who partake in gardening. This is a huge portion of the 64 million that...

Whilst some of us like to see squirrels bounding around the parks, most of us are not so happy to see them in our own...