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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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Vegetable Planting Calendar UK (And When to Harvest)
This handy vegetable planting guide by month will walk you through when to plant vegetables, when to harvest them and what to do when you can’t do either. -
Garden Jobs for September
The weather may be getting cooler and the nights drawing in, but there's still plenty to keep us busy in the garden - it's also the perfect time to get your winter veg planted. -
Planting Calendar UK: Month by Month
Find out when to plant your trees, shrubs, perennials and climbers for the best results - and the best deals. -
What to Do with Your Plant When It Arrives
To get your new arrivals off to the very best start, here’s what to expect and what to do as soon as that box of dreams lands on your doorstep. -
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. -
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. -
Storing Vegetables Grown at Home
Too much veg is a nice problem to have, but if you don’t want to waste even one carefully-nurtured kale leaf, here's the guide you need. -
Easy Vegetables to Grow: Our Top 10 Picks
Just starting out? Our growers have picked the easiest vegetables to grow for any size of plot. Harvest big with the smallest of effort. -
Growing Vegetables in Pots for Beginners
Growing vegetables in pots is great for those without space for a veg patch (or even a garden) and here's how to get started. -
Proper Mint! Six of the Best Types of Mint Plant to Grow
We checked out the best mint plants to grow and their perfect food and drink pairings, then got a few insider tips from our herb experts on how to grow them. -
How to Plan Your Vegetable Garden
All you need to get growing - positioning, soil types, companion planting and crop rotation explained.
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