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Get the kids into guerrilla gardening by making seed bombs to add colour to the garden. This is an extract from a book on children’s gardening by Matthew Appleby.

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

Read Geoff Hodge’s ultimate guide to growing your own veg at home for one.

Short on space, or restricted to pots? Here are some lovely spring gems for your garden. Plant addict Andy McIndoe recommends some spring treasures for small spaces.

Rose expert Michael Marriott suggests some perfect companion plants for garden roses. Enhance your garden roses with the beauty of other flowering plants.

If you want to get ahead for spring, Geoff Hodge has lots of tips and advice.

You don’t need a huge garden to create a wildflower meadow-effect. Even small urban gardens can get the wildflower meadow effect, says Debi Holland.

As our garden pollinators start to emerge in spring, just like the birds, they need our help to nest and breed, Jean Vernon explains.

Hello blossom! Plantsman Andy McIndoe picks some of his spring blossom favourites. These are all small trees suitable for most gardens.

Add a beacon of colour to your garden with a spring container full of early garden flowers says Jean Vernon

Primroses are surely our most loved wild flower. Surprisingly common in shady hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands, the primrose has a charm unmatched by any other wild flower.

You don’t have to have a big family to feed, to grow your own food, Geoff Hodge explains how to grow your own for one.

Our garden songbirds are in decline, but gardeners can make a huge difference to their survival, not just by providing the correct food.

Look out for signs of spring in your garden. It will lift your spirits and prove that winter will soon be behind us.

Geoff Hodge explains about lawn moss and the best ways to deal with moss in your lawn.

Sometimes gardening is like dressing a theatre set. Geoff Stonebanks shares his successful gardening style.

Even though plastic flower pots are recyclable, few get a second life before disposal. Jean Vernon offers five alternatives to plastic flower pots

If you want to have a go at growing your own food this season, Jean Vernon offers some timely advice.

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

Spotting a new bird species in the garden can be exciting. But how do you keep them coming?

Growing from seed is the budget way to fill your garden with lots of plants, follow Debi Holland’s tips for success.

It may be cold, wet, miserable and depressing outside but there’s still lots you can do outdoors to get your garden ready for spring.

Herbs are the powerhouses of the garden, kitchen and medicine cabinet. But they have so many other roles too, Jean Vernon explains.

Peonies are the must-have flower of the summer. Create the wow-factor in your garden with these fabulous, flamboyant flowers.

Small is beautiful for late winter wonder and early spring colour in your garden, says Geoff Hodge.

If you are tight on space and starting out, have a grow with micro-greens. These tiny plants are simply seedlings and their first leaves pack a punch of flavour.

Geoff Stonebanks explores how plants hug and cover different surfaces at Driftwood.

Get adventurous with your onions this year and try growing some unusual varieties from seed. Vicki Cooke, the former Royal Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, shows you how.

If you are stuck at home with little or no income, Debi Holland shares her tips and ideas for increasing your garden blooms without breaking the bank.