Pots and tubs
Making the most of container gardening
This is an extremely simple way to create a garden, you don’t require large amounts of room and you don’t need large areas of earth, perfect for those patios and slabbed gardens.
Fruit and veg
Companion Planting in Vegetable Gardens
This guide shows how you can use companion planting to make the most of your harvest.
Feeding and watering
Preparing your garden for spring
February and March can be a poor time for working in the garden. Cold weather, frosts and lots of rain or snow are not a gardeners friend, so it can be difficult for the keen gardener to wait out to Read more…
Flowers
Taking seeds from Sweet Peas
Sweet Peas are beautiful and fragrant, but they last only a season. By collecting their plentiful seeds you will be able to keep enjoying them every year. In August Sweet Peas produce their seeds within pods, these pods start off Read more…
Feeding and watering
5 tips to keep your pots alive in a draught
Pot plants, without the ability to grow deep roots will require regular water but in the extreme heat of a draught some clever techniques are required.
Plants and shrubs
Bringing back the garden hedgerow
A garden hedgerow no longer has to be the neatly trimmed, uniform hedge that runs along the border of your garden. By carefully selecting differing hedges, mixing them up with some trees you can get a great looking hedgerow that Read more…
Flowers
Plants to sow in January or February
The advantage of planting seeds early is that it gives them a chance to flower in the first year after sowing, a perfect way to add colour to your borders in the summer. Sow the seeds indoors in January or Read more…
Plants and shrubs
How to take hardwood cuttings
Hardwood cuttings are a simple and reliable way of producing new plants from deciduous climbers, trees and shrubs. Hardwood cuttings take their name from taking a cutting from the more mature stems that are fully dormant and not showing any Read more…
Fruit and veg
The 9 easiest herbs to grow in your garden
Herbs are fantastic plants that both look great and really taste good. Many are easy to grow and can be kept indoors or outdoors.
Plants and shrubs
10 best plants for shady areas
Have you got a dark shady area in the garden that you want to brighten up but nothing will grow due to lack of light? Fear not as we have a list of plants that can bring some colour to your shady areas.