Love lavender in the garden
For a plant of true garden merit look no further than the humble lavender plant. It’s a triple action plant, offering healing powers, culinary applications and it looks great in the garden too.
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For a plant of true garden merit look no further than the humble lavender plant. It’s a triple action plant, offering healing powers, culinary applications and it looks great in the garden too.
Chelsea Flower Show is not the centre of the universe, but for one week a year it becomes the pinnacle of all that is great in gardening and horticulture. Having had the privilege to be there, here are a few...
Read moreNot everyone can or wants to go to RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Simply spend a little while watching the show coverage on television, online and social media.
Take some garden sculpture home from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, or just get inspired to recreate a few ideas in your own way at home.
This year there’s something for everyone in terms of new plants at Chelsea – climbers and plants for the patio are especially prominent. Graham Rice picks his top five.
It’s show time! RHS Chelsea Flower Show is on again. Jean Vernon picks her 5 favourite show gardens in 2015.
Alan Gardner, who has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, is set to shake up the gardening establishment by exhibiting a show garden at Chelsea Flower Show for the first time – as well as starring in his own Channel 4...
Read morePerennials come in every size and for every garden situation, and most of them do well without too much special care, but some are particularly forgiving.
Add some light to your garden with these funky decoupage glass jar lanterns. They’re so easy to make, perfect for kids and adults.
If you love chrysanthemums, make sure you get your hands on these new patio garden ‘mums from German breeder, Brandkamp. The buds open up to produce a vibrant umbrella of blooms covering the foliage.
This simple craft idea using an egg carton, pipe cleaners and googly eyes will get kids growing in no time at all and is a great way to learn all about seeds.
Rose expert, Michael Marriott from David Austin Roses, offers his advice to getting the best from your your roses and picks five all-time favourites.
Be one of the first gardeners in the world to grow the giant-flowered ‘Cocktail’ garden pinks (Dainthus). Launching exclusively on Richard Jackson’s Garden Show on QVC on Bank Holiday Monday (4 May).
Jean’s been out and about testing lawnmowers, eating tulip bulbs (yes really) and making supper from garden weeds.
Combine freshly dug garden leeks and herbs to create a creamy, tasty risotto for a summer lunch. Recipe thanks to The Pig, near Bath.
Add perfume to your garden with plants. Choose scented flowers and plant them near the patio so that you get the best from every waft of fragrance.
Nasturtiums reward you in many ways, with edible leaves, flowers and seeds and best of all, they are easy to grow from seed.
The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge, a new BBC2 series is creating controversy. Critics claim the show is making garden design into a ‘MasterChef’-style competition.
Growing your own vegetables in the garden is easy. Graham Rice chooses five easy veg to grow including courgette, onion, chard, lettuce & radish.
Grasses really can be great garden plants and the most wonderful thing about them is that they need very little investment by way of time and effort according to Neil Lucas.
A garden inspired by Barbara Hepworth’s textiles will be on display as part of the Chelsea Fringe festival and at the Tate Britain.
Here are five flowers whose seeds you can throw in your beds and borders and which will come up with little or no attention. Just rake in and forget about them, says Graham Rice.
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