Features and Advice

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.

Driftwood is a garden of three parts, split into several different garden rooms, Geoff Stonebanks takes us on a journey to explore

Martyn Cox helps demystify gardening with his friendly and accessible advice.

If you are stuck at home with little or no income, Debi Holland shares her tips and ideas for increasing your garden blooms without breaking the bank.

From adding upright structures to growing architectural plants, read Martyn Cox’s guide to instant impact gardening.

As Hampton Court Flower Show opens to the public, we bring you a few stylish ideas, plant combinations and inspiration from previous shows.

Is gardening organically worth the effort? Jean Vernon explores.

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

Rose expert Michael Marriott shares his love of roses and advises how to use these garden favourites as cut flowers.

Most people have childhood memories of parks or gardens, plants or flowers. In Geoff Stonebanks’ garden almost every plant tells a story.

If you have access to a garden, you have an open door to reach a little deeper into its offerings and calm you mind, body and spirit, explains Debi Holland

Jean Willis started feeding her plants and garden with Flower Power and the results were so amazing that she was approached by a Britain in Bloom Judge to enter, and she won!

Sometimes global issues can make us feel helpless but we can all make changes to our daily routines which multiply up to significant results, says Debi Holland

Many new gardeners are starting out with tiny growing spaces such as balconies. Jean Vernon suggests some small space growing solutions.

Everyone loves strawberries and it’s so easy to grow your own. Clare Matthews has a great idea for making a strawberry tower that will keep the kids busy for a spring afternoon.

Adding a water feature to your garden really does bring it to life, says Geoff Hodge.

Enhance a small garden, balcony or terrace with a few stylish accessories to add colour, ambience and comfort to your plot.

If you are wondering what to feed your plants with this season, take the lead from the growers that grow and show for the flower shows.

It’s easy to get more plants in your garden for free. Jean Vernon picks out five of her favourite self-seeding plants.

Expert gardener Martin Fish has been working in the garden industry for more than forty years. He has been using Richard’s Flower Power plant food in his garden on a wide range of flowers, fruit and vegetables.

There are lots of different ways to stake and support your garden plants. Select the method that suits your plants, your garden and your pocket.