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Grafted Vegetable Plants: Are They Worth It?
Rowan Berry: A Bird’s Favourite Food?
The Best Privacy Plants to Screen Your Neighbours
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View allGrowing Chillies: UK Beginner's Guide
Growing Sweet Potatoes: UK Beginner’s Guide
How To Train a Fruit Tree
Cherry Blossom Season: Japan’s Hanami Festival
When cherry blossoms bloom, you really know spring has arrived. Discover the origins of the hanami festival and how you can get involved in the UK. Read moreGet inspired
View allWildlife Pond Ideas, Plants and Tips to Attract Nature
Which is the Best Climbing Plant for Your Garden?
The Best Grapes to Grow in UK Gardens
Kitchen Garden Ideas for a Doorstep Harvest
Kitchen gardens use the available space to its best advantage and provide all the veg you need all year round. Here’s how to get started. Read moreGrowing your own food
View allGrowing Raspberries: A Beginner’s Guide
How to Store Plums and Use Up Your Crop
The Best Grapes to Grow in UK Gardens
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Paste Button labelVegetable Planting Calendar UK (And When to Harvest)
Easy Vegetables to Grow: Our Top 10 Picks
Growing Vegetables in Pots for Beginners
Which is the Best Climbing Plant for Your Garden?
Planting Climbers: A Beginner’s Guide
The Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow in the UK
The Best Soft Fruit Plants (as Chosen by Our Growers)
Planting Fruit Bushes: The Complete Guide
How To Plant a Tree: Potted Trees and Bare Root
How to Choose the Perfect Tree
Best Pond Plants: Top 5 Plants to Bring Your Pond to Life
Planting Pond Plants: A Beginner’s Guide
Cottage Gardens: Design, Flowers & Layouts
10 Best Plants to Attract Bees to Your Garden
Planting Calendar UK: Month by Month
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Wildlife Pond Ideas, Plants and Tips to Attract Nature
Get your wildlife pond design right and it can be the most important thing you will ever do for the natural environment. Here's how. -
Comfrey Plant: Natural Fertiliser, Compost and Mulch
Comfrey plants are a must-have for organic gardeners. From making comfrey fertiliser tea, to suppressing weeds, there are many ways to use it in the garden. -
Bandstand Beds - May Garden of the Month
Bandstand Beds on Clapham Common has grown from a patch of derelict ground to a vibrant community garden where anyone is welcome to grow their own produce. -
Wildlife Garden Ideas
If you love your garden, love animals and want to help make the world a better place, create a wildlife garden. Here are our top tips and planting ideas. -
Essential Plants for Winter Wildlife
Plant trees and flowers that benefit winter wildlife - nectar for early bees; fruit, seeds and shelter for birds; nuts for small mammals. -
Native Trees: The Best Choices for UK Wildlife
Find out which British native trees are the best for birds, bees, insects and mammals in your garden. -
5 Sustainable Gardening Tips For 2022
Making small changes in our gardens can have huge, positive effects on the ecosystem. -
Are all Pesticides Bad?
Although the pesticides sold for gardens aren’t anywhere near as strong, many gardeners are now turning away from commercial pesticides and looking for more natural ways to kill pests and protect their crops. -
Natural Fertilisers: Are They Any Good?
Every plant has different needs, and there is a bewildering choice of fertilisers you can buy, but before you spend any money, here are eight natural, organic fertilisers you can use. -
How Can I Conserve Water?
Plants grow better with rainwater - it’s softer, contains fewer chemicals and has a pH level that most plants prefer. -
How Can I Keep Slugs Away Without Killing Them?
Learn how to keep slugs away from your beloved veggies without killing them. -
Is All Compost the Same?
Compost is a garden essential, whether you’re potting up plants, sowing seeds or improving your soil, but when you’re faced with what seems like 10000 choices, it can be difficult to figure out what you need.
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