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Advice and Tips
Garden watering tips
Watering the garden is an essential job over summer. Here are a few tips to get the most out of watering and save money on the water meter.
Feeding time at Driftwood
It’s spring and behind the scenes at Driftwood by Sea, Geoff Stonebanks is preparing his garden for its summer visitors.
How to get garden plants for free
One of the easiest ways to get more plants for your garden is to take softwood stem cuttings, Geoff Hodge explains.
What’s the best way to label garden plants?
After years of experimenting with different plant labelling techniques, Tamsin Westhorpe shares her views on how to keep track of specimens in the garden.
Time to repot – or not?
Geoff Hodge explains whether it’s time to repot your container plants, or not.
Beat the drought
The lovely summer sunshine can present watering challenges in the garden. Here are five ways to see your garden through a dry spell.
How to deal with drought in the garden
Top tips on dealing with drought in the garden in hot weather, including watering advice for lawns, containers, shrubs and trees.
How can I be a better summer gardener?
Late summer can be the best time in our gardens. This year we’ve seen a lot of rain, so growth has been accelerated hugely and as a result there’s still so much to do, but don’t forget to take time out to enjoy your garden too.
Why feed houseplants?
Unlike us humans who can eat meals packed with vitamins to keep healthy, surprise surprise, houseplants cannot move around to feed themselves, they rely totally on what we feed them. If planted in the ground, plants can extract minerals from the soil which are replenished through various means like rainfall but when pot bound indoors […]
Can I grow flowers with my veg?
Debi Holland offers five reasons why flowers are good to grow in among your veg.
Compost – or compost? That is the question!
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.
Why is soil health important?
The secret to a great garden lies in your garden soil. Jean Vernon explains.
How can I garden more naturally?
Jean Vernon suggests a few ways to garden more gently, lessening your impact on the planet and its precious resources
How to deal with lawn moss
Geoff Hodge explains about lawn moss and the best ways to deal with moss in your lawn.
How do I cope with gardening in a frost pocket?
Tamsin Westhorpe takes the chill off gardening in a frost pocket with some handy hints.
How to keep your plants flowering for longer
Keep the colour going in your garden with expert advice from Martyn Cox.
Ways to water your garden efficiently
Water is a precious resource. Jean Vernon explains the best way to water your garden and plants.
What is RootBooster and does it work?
Already a fan of Flower Power, Geoff Stonebanks takes a look at RootBooster and its benefits for his container based garden.
How do I make garden compost?
For some reason making garden compost has been swaddled in an air of myth and mystery and yet it is a natural process that we can replicate and harness very easily in our gardens. You don’t need a large garden and actually you don’t need a lot of kit either. You simply choose your composting […]
Five ways to make compost
If you are dealing with waste that would normally go into your green bin or even your food waste caddy then you might find it useful to know what you can and can’t compost and how to deal with different materials. The first important thing is to try and use up any left over food […]
Growing from seed
Vicki Cooke Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, offers timely advice on sowing and growing from seed.
How do I overwinter my tender and half-hardy plants
WIth winter fast approaching Geoff Stonebanks offers his hard earned advice regarding overwintering plants
Meet Martyn Cox
Spreading the love of gardening in a friendly accessible way is at the very core of Richard Jackson’s Garden. That’s why we are delighted to welcome Martyn Cox as our NEW Brand Ambassador
What can I use instead of plastic flowerpots?
Even though plastic flower pots are recyclable, few get a second life before disposal. Jean Vernon offers five alternatives to plastic flower pots
My Flower Power story
Flower Power helped us win three garden competitions this season, says award winning garden owners Alex Redfern and Joe Shannon
What can I use to deal with weeds safely?
As the temperature starts to rise, you can be sure that some of the first plants to raise their leaves and start to grow in the garden are going to be weeds. These incredible plants are survivors that have evolved to colonise every bare patch of soil and grow everywhere that you don’t want them […]
What is Garden Re-Leaf day?
March 22nd 2019 is Garden Re Leaf day, but what does that mean? Jean Vernon explains.
What’s your top gardening tip?
In July this year we ran a competition on Facebook and Twitter asking for gardening tips. We had dozens of great ones, so we thought we’d share some of them with you.
Meet Tommy Cross
Tommy Cross is the brains and some of the brawn behind Home Ground Landscape Garden Design.
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