Features and Advice

Five great foliage plants to grow to your garden, including hostas, heuchera, begonias, ferns and ivy.

Phew what a scorcher! Hot weather and low rainfall has taken its toll on our gardens. Can we prepare our gardens for climate change.

Martyn Cox continues his helpful grow-your-own advice with some seasonal summer tips.

Herbal teas are a fantastic way to enjoy home-grown herbs, Debi Holland offers some sage advice on how to grow your own tea garden.

Prise the kids away from their screens and give them a reason to get outside into nature. Debi Holland has lots of ideas

Gardening in a small space can be a challenge. Award winning gardener Geoff Stonebanks shares his tricks and tips.

Top tips on dealing with drought in the garden in hot weather, including watering advice for lawns, containers, shrubs and trees.

Courgette flowers are edible and delicious. Make them the centre piece of your summer lunch menu with this recipe from cookery writer Max Clark.

If you are starting out in gardening, or just want to extend your growing range to the windowsill or window box, herbs are a great place to start says Jean Vernon.

With a little care and attention you can keep all your herbs, fruit and vegetables at the peak of perfection, Martyn Cox offers some timely advice

This year’s RHS Hampton Court Flower Show is awash with fabulous flowers, perfect plants and simply glorious gardens, here are five favourites

If you thought spring was busy in the garden, Geoff Hodge shows you how to slow down a bit for summer.

The smaller gardens at RHS Hampton Court 2022 were simply delightful. Jean Vernon explores some of these amazing spaces.

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a garden. And where better to glean some creative, fresh new ideas than the gardens at RHS Hampton Court.

Flower Shows are never the same year on year. Of course the gardens are different but there are always new innovations. Jean Vernon shares a few highlights from this year’s show.

Flowers in pots provide instant colour to a drab spot in the garden. Here are 5 plants you can’t go wrong with.

My 5 top plants at Driftwood that give the garden that ‘Wow’ factor and certainly give me more bang for my bucks too. What’s more they flower well too!

When the aches and pains limit your gardening, it can be disheartening. Debi Holland offers advice on how to keep yourself gardening when faced with restricted mobility

Our gardens have become a haven away from the chaos of the rest of the world. Jean Vernon offers advice on staying safe in the garden.

Gardens don’t just look fabulous they smell amazing too. Jean Vernon explores how to add scent and perfume to your garden.

Summer without herbs is like a glass without the wine. One without the other is unthinkable. But there are some herbs that are summer personified and a must have for every garden.