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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Marigolds are brilliant annual bedding plants that add colour to any garden. There are several different types, which...

A plants’ basic requirements aren't so different from humans' requirements. Like us, they need food for energy. And like...

Aloe Vera is a hugely popular plant for a multitude of reasons; from health to skincare to hair growth and even surface...

Poinsettias are one of our most popular Christmas houseplants – and frequently given as Christmas gifts. There’s no...

Whatever variety of clematis you choose, pruning is a key part of successful growth and bountiful blooming.

Blousy blooms with colourful, almost paper-like, petals are the hallmarks of many true poppies – particularly the...

Liverworts are small plants related to, and often confused with, mosses.

Looking for some patio lighting ideas to transform your garden space? Getting the right lighting for your patio can be a...

For plants and gardens, it is the severe longer-term problems that waterlogging can cause that gardeners need to be...

Aloe vera is a tender succulent, which is mainly grown as a houseplant. It has attractive, variegated leaves and...

When you think of butterflies, you tend to think of long lazy summer days, floral gardens and idyllic sunshine. But in...

Elders are deciduous trees or large shrubs of woodlands and other wild areas. The common species, Sambucus nigra, isn’t...