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RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2026
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the launch pad for many new plants. It’s the perfect place to bring them to the attention to the plant loving public. And let’s be honest, all gardeners love...
Jean Vernon
Jean Vernon is a slightly quirky, bee friendly, alternative gardener and award winning writer. She doesn’t follow the rules and likes to push the boundaries a bit just to see what happens. She has a fascination for odd plants, especially edibles and a keen interest in growing for pollinators especially bees. She’s rather obsessed with the little buzzers. Telegraph Gardening Correspondent, RHS Wildlife writer and Editor-In-Chief for Richard Jackson’s Garden.
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Plants
Plant a pollinator buffet
Our garden plants are more than beautiful components in our beds and borders. They are also a source of energy rich nectar and protein rich pollen for our pollinators
Wildlife
Summer swifts, swallows and martins unravelled
How do you tell our summer visitors apart? Jean Vernon helps you tell apart swallows, swifts, martins and more.
Wildlife
Sparrows and sparrow look-alikes
Are you struggling to identify the little brown birds in your garden, Jean Vernon helps you to work out who’s who.
Plants
Border beauties
Plant some new plants into your garden borders and create spires of colour and swathes of drama for months on end.
Plants
New plants for new year
There’s something very exciting about a fresh new year. It sort of gives us permission to go plant shopping. And that fills every gardener’s heart with pure joy.
Wildlife
Supporting beneficial insects
There’s a hidden army of helpers in your garden. If you want free ‘pest’ control, free soil conditioner and better pollination, you need to look after them.
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Easy-peasy Autumnal Fruit Cake
Turn a handful of fruit into a scrumptious cake with our easy-peasy autumn cake recipe.
Plants, Wildlife
Autumn plants for pollinators
As autumn takes hold you might think that pollinators aren’t on the wing. Some of them aren’t but there are many that still need a nectar source to sustain their activity, especially on warmer, sunny...
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How to prevent plant theft
Plant theft is on the rise. What can you do to protect your plants? Jean Vernon has some tips and advice.
Plants
Spring-flowering bulbs
If you plant a few bulbs every year, your spring display will get better and better, says Jean Vernon.
Plants
Garden hot rods
Inject some colour and height into your garden with plants that have spires of flowers. These are the garden hot rods, says Jean Vernon.
Wildlife
How to help blackbirds
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.
Advice and Tips
Watering tips for containers
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.
Wildlife
How to help hoverflies
Hoverflies are important pollinators in our gardens. Jean Vernon explores five ways in which you can help to support them.
Plants
Five new plants from RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
We pick five of our favourite new plants launched at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, including the winner!
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