With a national lockdown and supermarkets depleted, producing your own fruit and vegetables has more appeal than ever. And there’s so much you can grow in the smallest of spaces.
There’s nothing like freshly picked salad leaves, which grow well...
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and with the shops filling up with cards and flowers it got us thinking about the relationship between women and gardening. I suppose it’s a bit like food – the top chefs tend...
It’s March tomorrow and it's getting busy out there in the garden. As you can see, Joff has been pruning the roses in the Genus garden. Here are our top 10 jobs for you to do now.
How many times have you moaned about not having enough time to do all the jobs in the garden? You have a few hours, but you still can’t manage to finish everything. And the garden waits for no-one.
We’ve just come back from a couple of days at the Sports and Outdoor Trade Fair. This is held twice a year, in summer and winter, and is the premier exhibition for manufacturers of gear for the sports...
Garden designers have been busy predicting trends for 2020 with large leafed plants and bolder colours anticipated to become increasingly popular. We asked leading Garden Designer Barbara Samitier (MSGD) for her thoughts on how to inject more lush...
It’s January 1st and with pen poised over a sheet of paper, we’re planning how we’re going to make the very best of 2020. Some of us are focused on losing weight, getting fit and becoming more active. Some are...
Mindfulness – which put simply means living fully in the present, rather than worrying about the past or future - has huge benefits including stress relief and better focus. Gardening is the perfect activity to connect with what you’re doing...
It’s getting to look a lot like that time of year! We have been really busy here in the Genus packing shed over the last week, as the rush to get gardeners their great gifts of performance gardening...
Exercise addicts are always trying to convince us of the benefits of yoga – increased flexibility, stronger joints and bones and a relaxed body and mind. But did you know that 30 – 45 minutes of gardening a...
Gardens don’t have to be at ground-level: there are plenty of city dwellers making the most of their available space by creating picture-perfect gardens on rooftops and balconies. Here are five ideas for your roof garden that are sure...
We have written a number of blogs about how great gardening is for improving gardener’s general levels of health and fitness. Our health and wellbeing though, is not just a physical thing. There are many aspects of our health which...
