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Keeping box plants healthy can be a bit of a challenge, but there’s a natural way to protect your topiary, hedges and box plants from the box tree moth caterpillar.

If your box plants are struggling, we might have the answer to your prayers.

Debi Holland explores some alternative ways to deter garden ‘pests’.

Love it or hate it, weeding the garden is something that needs to be done. Martyn Cox shares his hard earned experience in his new series for beginners.

If you’ve heard the horror stories about Japanese knotweed you might want to know how to identify it and whether it’s really as bad as everyone makes out?

Walking your garden for five to 10 minutes on a regular basis means you can stop pests like aphids and slugs getting out of control and becoming a problem.

Occasionally gardeners are faced with problems that need some attention. Here at Richard Jackson Garden we try to find kinder, cleaner but effective ways to garden.

If you use nematodes to control slugs or vine weevils, or let the birds eat your garden bugs, then you’ve already discovered biological control says Jean Vernon.

The slug is one of the nation’s most-hated garden pests. Jean Vernon guides you through various methods of safe, wildlife friendly controls.

Keep an eye out for the dreaded honey fungus. Pippa Greenwood shares her wisdom on identifying this most terrifying garden fungus.

Leatherjackets cause havoc in lawns, eating the roots of grass. Pippa Greenwood has some good tips for ridding your lawn of these pests.

If your lawn is being dug up by badgers or attracting birds, you may have chafer grubs feeding on the roots. Find out how to get rid of these lawn pests.

If you’re met by a cloud of tiny white flying insects when you go into your greenhouse, it’s probaby glasshouse whitefly. Act now to get rid of these pests.

There is one type of caterpillar that most gardeners dread; the cabbage white. Its favourite host plant for laying eggs are cabbages.

Look out for the Harlequin ladybird in your garden this year, these garden pests are slowly moving northwards.

Watch out for aphids on your plants this spring. This common garden pest can cause a big problem for gardeners, sucking sap from plants.