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?

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

The ban stopping the sale of bagged peat for the home gardener will mean that everyone will have to be gardening peat...

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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Even if you only have a small garden or just a patio, you can still easily grow your own tasty fruit and vegetables.

Feeding fruit bushes early in spring ensures that the plant roots can draw on valuable nutrients whenever they come into...

There are numerous deciduous and evergreen shrubs, including roses and soft fruit, that you can propagate from hardwood...

Aphids are the most common of all pests and almost every plant from the smallest shrub to the tallest oak tree can be...

This is the perfect time of year to propagate plants in your garden from cuttings, to produce lots of new plants for...

What could be more uplifting than drifts of butter-yellow daffodils announcing the arrival of spring?

Survival for birds can be challenging at any time of year, but in particular during the cold winter months.

Buddleia davidii is one of the most widely grown shrubs in UK gardens. Its common name, the ‘Butterfly Bush’, refers to...

There are numerous plant virus diseases, most of which are specific to one plant or group of plants. They can produce...

It’s not only Popeye that likes spinach. It is now a popular salad leaf, as well as a cooked vegetable and can be grown...

When should you feed and water your houseplants?

Mulching your garden helps trap valuable moisture in your soil improving the availability and uptake of nutrients, as...