Gardening

April is National Gardening Month, so there’s no better time to list all the ways in which gardening benefits you, your

The UK may not be tropical, but a surprising number of exotic palm varieties can thrive here, and their architectural shapes and frond-like foliage can

Using edible flowers to flavour soups, decorate cakes and make fragrant tea infusions may feel like a modern culinary trend, but native plants have been

If you’ve ever bought a bunch of vibrant alstroemerias, you’ll know that they last much longer than most other cut flowers – when looked after

Now is a great time to get your pots, planters, containers and raised beds ready for planting, so that once the threat of frost has

Companion planting is all about putting shrubs, vegetables, flowers and herbs together that benefit from proximity to each other, and it’s a horticultural art that

If the sight of your first daffodil lifts your spirits with its promise of the warmer days of spring to come, you’re certainly not alone.

Everyone can have a herb garden, no matter how limited their outdoor space. Unlike fruit and vegetables, most herbs are ‘cut and come again’ plants,

If you have a shaded corner in your garden where nothing seems to grow, thinking about the verdant greenery you see when you’re out and

September and October are the great months to plant up some colourful winter hanging baskets. With the first real frosts of winter still three months