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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The best and most cost-effective solution is to grow your own grass from seed.

Gerberas produce lots of brightly coloured flowers over several months. Most types are varieties of Gerbera jamesonii...

Bamboos are wonderful garden plants, grown primarily for their architectural stems, or canes, and their foliage. These...

Both marjoram and oregano are versatile and essential herbs that good cooks will always have to hand.

Children and pets In the case of most products the label will contain a warning to ‘Keep Product Away From Children and...

A great way to get into the Christmas spirit early is to prepare by making your own holly wreath. They look great, are...

You either love them or hate them, but capers are those small, green ‘berries’ that usually come pickled in jars or...

Pots, tubs and containers of all sorts are the mainstays of every patio display. They come in many sizes and shapes...

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

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

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

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