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...
How to heat a garden room
How to heat a garden room - the best options and their pros and cons With winter well and truly underway, ‘tis the season to be keeping your timber garden room snug and warm. Ideally, your shed or workroom will already be well insulated and draft proof – think dense...
Planting bulbs – how, where and when
For novice or semi-committed gardeners, planting bulbs can be the ideal form of gardening. You do some gentle digging, plant the bulbs, ignore them for a few months, and then wake up in spring to a bank of daffodils, tulips, alliums or other bulbs of your choice. If...
New and traditional ways to preserve fruit and veg
New and traditional ways to preserve fruit and veg Autumn is synonymous with harvest time, and if you have more than a couple of fruit trees, current bushes or a decent-sized vegetable patch, you’ll be vastly exceeding your five portions a day throughout September and...
Garden shed maintenance advice: ten essential tips
Some of the UK had 30+ degree temperatures this September, so you might think a post about garden shed maintenance advice is badly timed, but the first Christmas puddings also arrived on supermarket shelves this month. This, and the ever shortening days, is always a...