Geoff Hodge offers some advice to make your hanging baskets spectacular this summer.
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Gardening for beginners – Planting containers
Plants in pots will elevate any garden, whether you have a patch in the countryside, small urban plot or even a narrow balcony.
How can I make gardening a bit easier?
When the aches and pains limit your gardening, it can be disheartening. Debi Holland offers advice on how to keep yourself gardening when faced with restricted mobility
October half-term fun for kids
Tamsin Westhorpe is keen to fill the October half term with adventures in the garden.
What sort of containers can I grow plants in?
Bored of pots and planters? You don’t need to buy special containers for your plants. Why not recycle something to create a more unusual display? Debi Holland offers some suggestions
Keep your veg garden productive
With a little care and attention you can keep all your herbs, fruit and vegetables at the peak of perfection, Martyn Cox offers some timely advice
How can I garden to save the planet?
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.
Grow attractive edibles
In his Grow-Your-Own feature Martyn Cox recommends plants that look good and taste great.
What can I plant in spring containers?
Add a beacon of colour to your garden with a spring container full of early garden flowers says Jean Vernon
What edible plants can I grow in containers?
Debi Holland suggests Five Fab edibles for containers.
How can I create some privacy in my garden?
Jean Vernon suggests some inspiring and simple ways to create some privacy in your garden
What can I do in the autumn garden to get ahead?
Although the garden is slowly beginning to take its winter rest – before bursting into growth again next spring – it doesn’t mean it’s rest time for you, says Geoff Hodge
A tower of strawberries
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.
Mini salad box
Teach the kids some garden basics and get started yourself this spring with this fun and easy to grow salad box from Clare Matthews.
Which bulbs are good for pots?
Geoff Stonebanks share’s his advice for planting bulbs in pots and containers
How to grow supermarket basil
How to make the most of supermarket basil. You can make your pot of supermarket basil last much longer by potting it into a larger pot. It’s one gardening job that is easy and will save you money!
