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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There are lots of shrubs and woody climbers that need pruning during the year. Roses and summer-flowering clematis...

Blood-sucking fleas not only attack your pets – such as cats and dogs – but they will quite happily feed on your blood...

Asparagus is a long-term crop, usually providing up to 20 years of delicious spears if you plant well and care for the...

Deer can cause severe damage to a wide range of plants if they come and visit your garden.

Over nine million red roses are given to someone special. For the most romantic day of the year, it’s the rose that’s...

By following these simple steps each season you can achieve a lawn which is healthy all year round.

Coming face to face with a mouse or a group of mice can be very disconcerting – especially when they're in the house.

With their elegant flowers and jewel-bright colours, tulips turn spring into something quite sensational.

From chunky soups to winter salads, there are so many ways to use winter vegetables. Including yummy creamy pumpkin...

Unless you live in the desert there’s quite a high chance that your garden, patio or even allotment has some shade. It...

It’s easy to create cascades of colour to brighten up the drabbest corners.

Outside space is precious to everyone, but all too often we don’t have enough, or what we do have is overrun by kids...