Are strawberries the perfect fruit? Former Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, Vicki Cooke explores the different varieties and how best to grow them.

Are strawberries the perfect fruit? Former Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, Vicki Cooke explores the different varieties and how best to grow them.
Come rain or shine Tamsin Westhorpe is in the garden. She shares her tips on gardening garb
Geoff Stonebanks offers his hard earned experience on choosing pots and containers for his garden
If you thought a petunia was a petunia itโs time to think again, says Jean Vernon
The hellebore is a fabulous winter garden stalwart. Specialist nurseryman John Massey chooses five of his favourites.
Award winning garden designer Geoff Stonebanks explains why he uses over 250 containers at his Driftwood garden in Sussex and the key benefits of using containers
Vicki Cooke, former kitchen garden keeper at the Royal Hampton Court Palace, reveals some historical tricks of the trade to force plants into growth out of season.
Tamsin Westhorpe explains how winter pruning wisteria now will encourage more May flowers
Viburnums for every season Though their individual flowers are small, and they cannot compete with more showy shrubs for floral display, the sheer usefulness of viburnums makes them essential garden plants. With diverse habits, often colourful berries and foliage that adds texture and colour to the garden all year, there is always one viburnum that […]
Michael Perry rounds up some new on-trend plants and ideas from his travels in Asia
This summer our Gardening Club members helped trial some of next yearโs new plants. Geoff Hodge reports
Geoff Stonebanks explains whatโs involved in putting his award winning garden to be for winter.
It might be October, but one garden in the West midlands is still a riot of colour thanks to the hard work of Dennis Amos and his garden helpers, plus the unrivalled vigor of his new plant food, Flower Power. New Convert Dennis is the first to admit that he used to use a popular […]
Vicki Cooke extols the virtues of the humble blackberry.
Five great gardening books
Itโs time for a fresh start. Tamsin Westhorpe offers some ideas to help you to keep those gardening resolutions