Features and Advice

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

Water is a precious resource. Jean Vernon explains the best way to water your garden and plants.

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

How to keep your roses looking their best with rose expert Michael Marriott.

Jean Vernon shares a few ways to cheat and succeed with tomatoes.

When it comes to growing vegetables you need to grow things that you love to eat, crops that are expensive to buy in the shops and things that taste better eaten fresh from the garden says Jean Vernon.

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.

Debi Holland shares her love of garden annuals and suggests five fabulous annuals to grow in your garden

If you are new to growing fruit then choose something easy, tasty and productive.

Geoff Hodge offers some timely advice to make your hanging baskets spectacular this summer

You can fill your garden with masses of colour, drama and variety by buying mail-order plug plants. Martyn Cox offers some seasonal advice on how to grow plug plants.

For fabulous beds and borders, choose RHS AGM award winning grasses to grow in your garden.

Geoff Hodge takes you through his calendar of lawn care hints, tips and advice for a lawn you can be proud of.

With the ever-increasing interest in growing your own veg at home these days, lots of people are turning over parts of their gardens to veg patches.

Morning coffee is a simple way to get to know your garden. So next time you put the kettle on, take a seat outside and have a look around your garden. Who knows what you’ll see?