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Paste Button labelSelf Pollinating Apple Trees? Your Guide to Apple Pollination Groups
Grafted Vegetable Plants: Are They Worth It?
Rowan Berry: A Bird’s Favourite Food?
The Best Privacy Plants to Screen Your Neighbours
Guides to grow like a pro
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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In the spotlight
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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Growing Fruit Trees in Pots
All you need to know about growing fruit trees in pots - which tree, which pot, soil, watering, pruning, feeding and more. -
Urban Garden Ideas
An urban garden presents its own challenges in terms of limited space and growing conditions. But where some see problems, we see a golden opportunity! -
Durham University Botanic Garden - April Garden of the Month
Durham University’s Botanic Garden - where natural environments are key and there’s a blossoming Japanese connection! -
Bamboo Care Guide: Planting, Pruning and Problem Solving
Follow our growers’ bamboo care tips and your bamboo will go from strength to strength, giving you a naturally beautiful garden feature for many years. -
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. -
Woodland Garden Ideas
If you love the natural look and enjoy sharing your space with wildlife, a woodland garden is the planting scheme you need. -
Thinning Apples and Other Fruit Trees
Can too much fruit be bad? Professional fruit growers swear by thinning apples & other species, reducing the crop to produce bigger, better quality fruit. -
Anglesey Abbey - February Garden of the Month
Anglesey Abbey is one of our favourite places for a walk on a cold, bright February day, thanks to its spectacular winter garden full of scent, colour and texture. -
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. -
The Best Acer Trees to Grow in the UK
To help you choose the best acer for your space, we had a chat with top tree grower John; these are his recommendations. -
The Best Hawthorn Trees to Grow in the UK
We asked our hawthorn grower which varieties are the best for small spaces, blossom and more, while picking up some expert tips on how to get the most from them. -
Which Nut Tree Is Best for You?
Nut trees are surprisingly easy to grow and will produce a delicious crop successfully in a garden - or even in some cases in a pot or as a hedge.
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