Features
Whatever your level of gardening experience we have a selection of articles, guides and videos to advise and inspire you in your garden! Make sure to check back as new content is published regularly.
Houseplants
What’s on trend for houseplants?
There’s always something new and exciting at the foliage filled Festival of Houseplants, Debi Holland reports.
Wildlife
Gardening for pollinators
Do you want to help the bees, encourage butterflies and harness the power of nature? It’s time to really think about how you can help pollinators, says Jean Vernon.
Inspiration
Five summer gardens to visit
Garden visitor extraordinaire Matt Biggs picks five fabulous gardens to visit this summer.
Grow your own
Getting started with fruit and veg
Martyn Cox offers some timely advice on growing fruit and vegetables in your summer garden.
Feature
Coastal planting
If you are gardening near the sea, you might find that you need to employ different techniques and grow different plants. Geoff Stonebanks offers his hard-earned tips to get you started.
Plants
Vitamin-rich salads
Are all salads created equal? Not when it comes to the matter of nutrition. Vicki Cooke explores vitamin-rich salads.
Advice and Tips
Understanding peat-free composts
Geoff Hodge explains how to get the best out of peat-free compost.
Grow your own
What edible plants can I grow in containers?
Debi Holland suggests Five Fab edibles for containers.
Garden News
RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2026
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the launch pad for many new plants. It’s the perfect place to bring them to the attention to the plant loving public. And let’s be honest, all gardeners love...
Plants
Plant a pollinator buffet
Our garden plants are more than beautiful components in our beds and borders. They are also a source of energy rich nectar and protein rich pollen for our pollinators
Grow your own
Does all basil taste the same?
Vicki Cooke explores the virtues of The king of herbs – basil and offers some expert advice regarding taste and flavour
Recipes
Elderflower cordial
Make this delicious elderflower cordial from flowers in the hedgerow. Jean Vernon offers a simple way to make a fabulous summer refresher.
Inspiration
How to create a woodland garden effect
Debi Holland shares some simple ways to create a woodland garden.
Plants
What’s so great about garden perennials?
Garden perennials are the secret ingredient that every garden needs. They are great value for money, they bulk up year on year and if you choose well, they will fill your garden with colour and...
