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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Taking cuttings from a plant is easy to do once you know how. It costs very little and you don’t need complicated...

Many non-native plants can happily survive in other regions of the world, which has given gardeners more choice than...

There are numerous species and varieties of Viola that are fabulous garden plants. These range from the small-flowers of...

Snowdrops are tough, reliable plants, generally flowering in the height of winter, often poking their heads above...

A greenhouse allows you to control the environment and create optimum conditions for whatever plants you are growing.

Growing aubergines (or ‘eggplants’) is now more popular than ever, thanks mainly to better varieties more suited to the...

Grasses in the lawn, just like many other garden plants, are subject to a number of disease problems.

There’s more to mint than just growing it to make mint sauce!

With hundreds of different varieties and types to choose from growing your own vegetables can be hugely rewarding. But...

Magpies usually generate lots of positive or negative comments from gardeners.

Weedkillers are manufactured according to very strict rules and regulations, and each will differ depending on their...

A fire pit in your garden is a fun and functional way to either keep warm on a cool summer or autumn evening or as an...