The best gardening apps to help your garden grow
Smartphones and gardening apps are not the first thing to spring to mind when you’re thinking about good tools for the garden. But modern technology has made gardening easier and more accessible than ever. Answers to gardening problems or tips which once required a...
Sloping garden design inspiration
Sloping garden design inspiration 5 ideas for hillside garden landscaping Designing your dream garden can be daunting at the best of times; if you have a sloping patch, things can seem especially tricky. But there are a host of ways to work around the tilt. Here are...
The best alternative to an overlap garden shed
The best alternative to an overlap garden shed Shiplap, weatherboard, tongue & groove, chalet cut; what's the best alternative to an overlap garden shed? If you’re buying a timber building for your garden, you want it to last. After all, why bother choosing and...
New summer houses, sun rooms, sheds and more
New summer houses, sun rooms, sheds and more Until recently, garden buildings generally came into two versions (and designs for new summer houses with few and far between). There were sheds, which were mostly utilitarian, and standard summer houses, which were mostly...
Climate change and gardening; dustbowls and downpours
What could gardening in a changing climate mean? An end to spring frosts? Palm trees or eucalyptus in your back garden? A green roof on your home or garden building? They’re just some of the possible effects or opportunities that climate change could bring to you and...
Square garden design – how to best transform your limited space
Square garden design - how to best transform your limited space This month in our series on garden design ideas for different shapes of gardens, we’re tackling an all-too-common horticultural gripe; how to come up with a unique small square garden design. If you live...
Want to grow your own veg? 7 tips for planning a vegetable patch
Want to grow your own veg? 7 tips for planning a vegetable patch Whether to fuel your gardening passion, improve your eating habits or occupy some free time, vegetable patches can be a surprisingly fruitful (excuse the pun!) and rewarding endeavour. With spring here,...
Winter gardening and preparing for spring
With Christmas long gone and the temperatures gradually rising, it's time to do some winter gardening and preparing for spring. While it’s still not exactly peak gardening season – there’s still too high a risk of frosts at night to be sure the season of Growth has...
Creative ideas for a long narrow garden design
This month we start a series of blogs on garden design for different shapes or sizes of garden, and we begin with a British classic: the long narrow garden. One person’s problem is another person’s opportunity, and so it is with gardens. Some people complain about...