Jean Vernon

If you plant a few bulbs every year, your spring display will get better and better, says Jean Vernon.

Inject some colour and height into your garden with plants that have spires of flowers. These are the garden hot rods, says Jean Vernon.

There’s a new disease affecting our garden birds and our blackbirds are being affected. Jean Vernon explores some ways to keep our blackbirds safe and healthy.

If you are struggling to keep your containers properly watered or you’ve got a hosepipe ban, we’ve got some timely advice to assist.

Hoverflies are important pollinators in our gardens. Jean Vernon explores five ways in which you can help to support them.

We pick five of our favourite new plants launched at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, including the winner!

Every year the show gardens at RHS Chelsea showcase different ideas, messages and concepts. The line-up for 2025 includes gardens that provide fun and sanctuary for our canine friends, talking trees and climate resilience.

Don’t forget to look after the ground-feeding birds. These are the birds that don’t usually visit your seed and peanut feeders. Many of our garden birds are ground-feeders.

Many of our birds are familiar but some are harder to tell apart than others. Get to know some of your garden tits and learn how to recognise them more easily.

If you fancy your very own supply of homegrown nuts, now is a good time to plant some.

Some of our garden birds belong to the finch family. These feathery delights eat seeds, even the seedheads of your garden plants and also ‘weed’ seeds. Jean Vernon explains.

Transform your Christmas celebrations by using herbs grown in your garden.

If you are looking for last-minute ideas to treat a gardener, we’ve got some great garden gift ideas.

Don’t waste money on loud, explosive fireworks, instead invest in some plants that will light up your garden with autumn colour for years to come.

Make the most of nature’s party plants and plant some colour and vibrancy for autumn.

Get to know some of the fun and funky creatures that live and breathe in our gardens this summer. Here are five to fascinate the kids.