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Is Winter the Best Time to Plant Trees?
Brussels Sprouts Fried Rice Recipe by Chef Jess Rose Young
The Best Privacy Plants to Screen Your Neighbours
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View allGrowing Potatoes: The Complete Guide
How to Plant a Hedge
How To Train a Fruit Tree
Heritage Vegetables: Seeds or Plants?
Heritage vegetables are the old fashioned, flavour-packed varieties that filled our fruit bowls before supermarkets insisted everything had to be the same shape, size and colour. Read moreGet inspired
View allRose Garden Ideas: Layouts, Colours & Planting
Balcony Garden Ideas for Beginners
The Best Grapes to Grow in UK Gardens
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. Read moreGrowing your own food
View allHow to Grow Blueberries in the UK
Storing Vegetables Grown at Home
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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Transplanting Trees: Explained by Our Grower
Are your bare root plants a little light on the er - roots? We asked our top tree grower to explain all. -
Homegrown Apple Recipes from Chef Jess Rose Young
We asked Jess Rose Young, head chef at Genco London, to share some of her original apple recipes to showcase her favourite British apple varieties. -
Natural Christmas Decorations: Crafts from the Garden
Decorating with plants in winter is fun, cheap, environmentally friendly and a tradition going back to pre-Christmas times. Here's how to get started. -
The Best Privacy Plants to Screen Your Neighbours
Whichever side of the hot tub fence you’re on, privacy is a must. Here are the plants that can help. -
East Bergholt Place Gardens - November Garden of the Month
Rupert’s favourite season is autumn and it’s not hard to see why, as his garden is home to the most spectacular autumn tree colour we’ve ever seen. -
Balcony Garden Ideas for Beginners
Your balcony garden can be a relaxing space to unwind, entertain guests, welcome wildlife and source fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs - the sky's the limit! -
Pruning Apple Trees: A Complete Guide
Give your apple trees a boost with a yearly prune. We asked our experts for their advice on how best to do this with every type of apple 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. -
Is Winter the Best Time to Plant Trees?
Planting trees in the dormant season is generally best, though not without its challenges, including frozen ground. Here's how to tackle them. -
Pruning Fig Trees: An Expert Guide
If you want to prune, it can help to maximise your fig crop, reduce the size of your tree or just keep it nicely shaped. Here’s how. -
GROWE Community Orchard - October Garden of the Month
GROWE is a thriving community garden next to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester, with its own organic fruit orchard - what better way to celebrate apple season? -
Garden Jargon Buster: Gardening Terminology Explained
I surveyed everyone at Roots HQ to find out which gardening terms used to mystify them (and still do if we’re honest), then asked our growers to explain.
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