Driftwood Garden

The Flower Power magic

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

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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.

Colourful blooms at Driftwood garden

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.

colourful phlox plants

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.

Metal plant labels

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.

Repotting pot bound plant

Time to repot – or not?

Geoff Hodge explains whether it’s time to repot your container plants, or not.

Colourful planted containers

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.

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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.

Collection of houseplants

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 […]

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.

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

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How to deal with lawn moss

Geoff Hodge explains about lawn moss and the best ways to deal with moss in your lawn.

Mother and daughter gardening

How to garden safely with your family

If you share your garden with children, pets and wildlife it’s important to choose products that are safe to use around them.

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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Growing from seed

Vicki Cooke Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, offers timely advice on sowing and growing from seed.

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

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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

Richard Jackson Double Action Weedkiller 1020ml and Power Sprayer

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.

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What is the Chelsea chop?

Geoff Stonebanks explains the Chelsea chop and some other techniques he uses in his award winning garden.

Darlac DP744 Super Classic Ratchet Pruner

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.

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