If you love gardening, our magazine will inspire you. It's a real magazine, not just a newsletter, and it's packed full of interesting articles written by professional gardening journalists. It's totally free and arrives once a month by email. Here is a selection of recent articles.
There are some people in horticulture whose careers grow slowly, gently, season by season. And then there are those whose paths unfurl with the quiet determination of a tree finding...
December is a time for giving, celebrating and decorating, and inevitably that may involve buying cut flowers for your home, or gifting an arrangement to a loved one. It’s worth...
Are you lucky enough to live in an area of the UK where there are red squirrels? Although greys are much more commonly spotted in parks and gardens across the...
If you have a gap in your garden tool bag for a special pair of scissors, consider getting your hands on some handcrafted, Teflon-coated Garden Pruners. Small but powerful, these...
Evergreen, easy-going, shrubby sage is not just a classic Christmas ingredient, it’s also a long-lived and rewarding addition to your herb garden. Common sage (Salvia officinalis) is the standard culinary...
In the depths of winter, when the weather is poor or time is short during the festive season, we occasionally have to resort to indoor activities. However, we can still...
Harvest sproutsIf you’re growing your own Brussels sprouts for Christmas, they should be ready to pick this month. They taste sweeter after a frost, so bear the weather forecast in...
Ladybirds are a welcome sight in our gardens, helping to keep aphids and other pests under control. They’re brightly coloured and distinctive, so where do they hide in winter? Ladybirds...
One of the most interesting innovations in gardening lately is compressed coir compost. Coir is a natural fibre which comes from the outer husk of coconuts, and is being used...
Fieldfares are visitors to our gardens and parks during the winter months - they come to the UK from Scandinavia and Russia from September to April, sticking to rural areas...
One of the most misunderstood plants in our gardens, ivy is lush, evergreen, symbolic and valuable to insects and wildlife. English ivy (Hedera helix) is the most common form of...
Plant bare roots Many woody plants, like fruit trees, shrubs, hedges, roses and some perennials, can be bought from nurseries and specialist growers as bare root plants. In other words,...
Jamie Butterworth is part of a new wave of horticulturists redefining what it means to be a plantsman in the modern world - blending craftsmanship, science, and storytelling. At just...
When the days get shorter and the temperature drops it’s all too easy to embrace the indoors - a cosy corner, a hot drink and a seed catalogue is all...
Roz Chandler didn’t grow up knowing she would become a flower farmer. In fact, when she first moved to a five-acre smallholding near Milton Keynes in 2007, it was livestock,...
The weather may be turning, but think back to just a few weeks ago when repeated heatwaves left our gardens wilting. Hosepipe bans are becoming a frequent occurrence in many...
The Irish word for hedgehog is ‘gainneog’, which means ‘ugly little thing’. Surprising, as these little spiky mammals are usually considered a very cute garden visitor! Hedgehogs are a gardener’s...
Is it late summer, or early autumn? This between-season time can throw all kinds of weather at us. Whether the sun is shining or not, there are still plenty of...
You’ve been working hard on your plot all year - sowing seeds, tending to young plants, protecting them from frost, wind, pests and disease, keeping them watered and making sure...
Sow broad beans Broad beans are not only tasty and easy to grow, but they’re hardy and capable of withstanding colder temperatures. Sow them in autumn for an early crop...
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