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...

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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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...

Capsid bugs give the leaves a tattered and distorted appearance and can even cause flower buds to abort.

Believe it or not, it is now possible to grow your own edible mushrooms quite easily at home. And, no, you don’t need a...

You might not know it, but your lawn pays you back for all the hard work you put into it.

Waterlilies are probably our most popular – and easiest to recognise – pond plant. Large lakes and ponds look stunning...

These large mammals can cause damage to gardens by trampling plants and digging up large areas in their search for food.

Irises are a large group of fabulously colourful garden plants. Their brightly coloured flowers often have petals in...

Quality gardening tools are designed to last many years, but they must be cared for and regularly maintained.

Growing vegetables in raised beds is one of the simplest ways to make a vegetable garden. With their neat geometric...

We have recently discussed ways to improve your garden such as using attractive lighting and creating landscape projects...

Even if you have a more modest garden, you’ve probably got a room for at least 1 small tree.

It can be quite easy to dig up and move most small trees, shrubs and climbers to somewhere more suitable.