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When life is challenging, our gardens offer a form of escapism and self-healing too says Geoff Stonebanks.

If you only grow one fruit this year make it the strawberry. It’s one of the easiest crops to grow and so rewarding too.

Jean Vernon shares a few ways to cheat and succeed with tomatoes.

The secret to a great garden lies in your garden soil. Jean Vernon explains.

Growing your own fruit at home is the best way to get the tastiest and freshest fruit available. Geoff Hodge shares some advice on what to consider when growing fruit for one.

Everyone loves strawberries and it’s so easy to grow your own. Clare Matthews has a great idea for making a strawberry tower that will keep the kids busy for a spring afternoon.

Compost. Now that’s a great gardening term. And yet, although the word itself is simple, it can cause a fair deal of confusion. Geoff Hodge unravels the mystery.

Debi Holland shares some effective ways to get the kids out into the garden.

The Easter holidays are the perfect time to get the kids outside. Here are a few activities to get kids helping in the garden, from crafts to easy plants.

Rose expert, Michael Marriott from David Austin Roses, offers his advice to getting the best from your your roses and picks five all-time favourites.

Growing plants from seed is one of the most satisfying things you can do in gardening.

There’s a natural and exciting way to protect your box topiary, box hedges and box plants from the box moth caterpillars.

In his Grow-Your-Own feature Martyn Cox recommends plants that look good and taste great.

Plants have played a vital role in our health for centuries, Debi Holland explains.

Geoff Stonebanks meets Flower Power Plant Food and never looks back.

Roses can be grown in large pots and if you are renting, or moving home, it’s a great way of having a mobile garden. Michael Marriott from David Austin Roses shares his top tips.

This simple craft idea using an egg carton, pipe cleaners and googly eyes will get kids growing in no time at all and is a great way to learn all about seeds.

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.

If your box plants are struggling, we might have the answer to your prayers.

Read Geoff Hodge’s ultimate guide to growing your own veg at home for one.

Short on space, or restricted to pots? Here are some lovely spring gems for your garden. Plant addict Andy McIndoe recommends some spring treasures for small spaces.

Rose expert Michael Marriott suggests some perfect companion plants for garden roses. Enhance your garden roses with the beauty of other flowering plants.

If you want to get ahead for spring, Geoff Hodge has lots of tips and advice.

You don’t need a huge garden to create a wildflower meadow-effect. Even small urban gardens can get the wildflower meadow effect, says Debi Holland.

As our garden pollinators start to emerge in spring, just like the birds, they need our help to nest and breed, Jean Vernon explains.

Hello blossom! Plantsman Andy McIndoe picks some of his spring blossom favourites. These are all small trees suitable for most gardens.