Features and Advice

My garden haven

Geoff Stonebanks tells us what his garden means to him and how that’s changed since the pandemic.

Stand out plants in my garden: Fuchsias

Geoff Stonebanks tell us about his love of Fuchsias and the varieties he grows at his Driftwood garden.

How can I make my garden containers more festive?

Geoff Stonebanks shares his festive tips and plants for garden containers.

Stand out plants: Hydrangeas

Geoff Stonebanks explores his love of garden hydrangeas.

Geoff Stonebanks outlines his love affair with Christmas trees past and present. I have always loved Christmas, going back as far as I can remember. Throughout the 60’s, 70’s and most of the 80’s, my parents ran a country pub...

Using the drama of agaves

Geoff Stonebanks shares his love of agaves, a spectacular group of plants that add drama and structure to his garden.

What can I plant for the WOW factor?

Geoff Stonebanks selects his standout plants for his garden at Driftwood-by-sea.

Which bulbs are good for pots?

Geoff Stonebanks share’s his advice for planting bulbs in pots and containers

How to really enjoy your garden

Geoff Stonebanks learns ways to enjoy his garden in lockdown and offers his hard earned advice. In a ‘normal’ year, Geoff Stonebanks opens his summer garden to hundreds of visitors, offering copious refreshments including tea, cakes and even lunch and...

How can I make more of walls and fences?

Geoff Stonebanks helps you to consider the value of your fences, trellis and walls as valuable vertical surfaces to train your plants?

Recipes

Easy Savoury Summer Treats

Every summer Geoff Stonebanks bakes lots of different cakes, sweet and savoury for his open garden, to raise money for charity. Two of the most popular savoury treats that Geoff makes for his garden visitors over recent years are his...

Sweet treats for garden visitors

Make a high tea for a special friend, or bake a cake for a birthday, Geoff Stonebanks shares two of his most popular open garden day recipes

Advice and Tips

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.

Does Flower Power Plant Food really work?

Award winning garden designer Geoff Stonebanks reveals his most asked visitor question and explains why, for him, Flower Power has become indispensable.

How can I use colour creatively in the garden?

Geoff Stonebanks is an instant gardener, because he wants the area he is creating or changing to look like the image he has in his head, instantly

What makes begonias good garden plants?

Geoff Stonebanks explains how he uses garden begonias in his award winning garden

Garden highlights of a decade at Driftwood

As we enter the 2020’s, we reveal some of Geoff Stonebanks gardening highlights over the last 10 years and take a look at some of his aspirations for the coming decade!

Feature Advice and Tips

How do I overwinter my tender and half-hardy plants

WIth winter fast approaching Geoff Stonebanks offers his hard earned advice regarding overwintering plants

Advice and Tips

How can I use containers creatively in the garden?

Plants in pots and containers make up parts of most gardens, but they can be used to plant larger areas too, giving you lots of options in terms of plant choice and design.

What specimen plants can I grow in containers?

Award winning garden designer Geoff Stonebanks shares his tips for growing perennials, shrubs and specimen plants in pots

Which summer flowering bulbs work well in containers?

Geoff Stonebanks uses summer flowering bulbs to augment his garden containers with great effect