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Get the kids into guerrilla gardening by making seed bombs to add colour to the garden. This is an extract from a book on children’s gardening by Matthew Appleby.

TV gardener Charlie Dimmock says the biggest ever garden TV hit Groundforce will never return.

RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show will have a gastro gardener theme this 3-8 July, says Matt Appleby.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden designer Sarah Eberle has designed a record four gardens at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018

RHS chief horticulture advisor Guy Barter says 2018 could be a bumper year for slugs and snails due to the wet winter and spring.

HRH Prince Charles warns of devastating plant disease

Gardener’s World presenter Monty Don says garden centres are the cause of one of the fastest growing problems in the garden – the vine weevil.

Chelsea Flower Show could look very different in 2018 after organisers of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) show banned nine popular plants

BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Monty Don encourages gardeners to use scythes instead of lawnmowers in his new book, Down to Earth.

Gardeners need to look after houseplants and not just use them as decor and then throw them away, says gardening TV presenter and writer Alys Fowler.

In his new book, Matt Appleby has a wealth of ideas to encourage children to get outside in the garden. This is an extract from the book.

The Garden Museum, re-opens on May 22 2017 at St Mary’s-at-Lambeth church in London after a £7.5million revam

A new rose named after Dame Judi Dench will launch at Chelsea Flower Show in May, reports Matt Appleby

Homegrown, British plants are a growing trend in UK garden centres. It’s good news for British plant growers and garden lovers this season.

The latest survey into allotment creation and provision is out and has some worrying trends, as 64 councils report back on allotments in their area.

The Halloween Christmas tree is becoming the latest trend in home gardening-inspired decoration, says Matt Appleby.

Pests or diseases have damaged most of Britain’s 470,000 horse chestnut trees and there are just five years left to find a solution, experts warn.

Sales of hosueplants have sky-rocketed as houseplants become trendy again. London-based North One Garden Centre attributes this to the Instagram effect.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has more than trebled the number of staff that the charity pays a six figure salary to, says Matt Appleby.

Cultivated plant conservation charity, Plant Heritage, has released a list of garden plants that are believed to be on the cusp of extinction.

It’s time to make a stance on the natural world, Alan Titchmarsh tells David Cameron at a ‘Greening Grey Britain’ summit at RHS Chelsea.

Garden designer Juliet Sargeant says more can be done to attract different cultures and ethnicities into the horticulture industry.

The Royal Horticultural Society has just announced a £165 million investment plan for two of its gardens.
A £165m investment programme will see two leading UK gardens transformed by the Royal Horticultural Society.

The Greenfingers Charity has five new hospice gardens planned for 2016.

It may pay to shop around for your Christmas tree this season because a glut of cheap imports are due come into the UK.

Two of the biggest rivals in garden design – Cleve West and Andy Sturgeon – are set to go head to head at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016.

Smaller allotments suitable for people who want to dip their toe into grow your own are becoming available, according to a new survey.

Stunned TV gardener James Wong has hit out at an influential Twitter user who has claimed that the ethnobotanist has copied descriptions of plants from a catalogue.

Alan Titchmarsh says he wants to see more children in the garden this summer holiday and beyond because it is vital kids are connected to the earth.