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Choosing the best evergreens for your garden
Some people believe that every garden should have at least one evergreen plant in it, but knowing which plant to choose can be tough. For example, do you go with the hardy evergreens or the pretty...
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Encouraging wildlife back into your garden after the winter
Everyone wants to see wildlife in their garden, but after the snow sets in it can be hard to get animals to continue to stop by. After all, the same way that you do want to be outdoors tending to a...
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Making the most of limited garden space
When dealing with limited spaces, like most typical gardens, space is always a practical limitation. There’s only so much greenery you can add to any garden. This, in turn, has other effects, such as...
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Gardening holidays take their place alongside other hobbies
While holidays are often religious or political in nature, now people make up holidays for any reason at all, and certainly it would be foolish to think gardening would not get its own holiday as well....
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Gallons of fresh water wasted every day watering lawns
According to the numbers that have been released by many studies, outdoor gardens receive at least one third of the required residential water. This means that around seven to eight billion gallons of...
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Organic v conventional gardening
When we talk about farming and gardening methods, there are just usually two classifications that ate taken note of, that of the organic, and that of the conventional. However, if the goal is to have a...
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ASDA gnomes flying off the shelves
A new range of giant garden gnomes has surprised many chefs by simply flying off of the supermarket shelves over the past few days. ASDA bosses stated that their new three feet tall garden gnomes are a...
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Rooftop gardens
There are two different types of garden that you can consider if you are planting on your rooftop. The very first type is called a roof garden, and this is the much more intensive choice. Most people...
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Waitrose enters the horticulture market
Waitrose plans to become a serious contender in the horticulture market, expanding their inventory to include garden shops where customers can browse over 850 different seeds, bulbs, flowers and...
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The Rose is still the favourite flower for English gardeners
According to the rosesuk website, not to mention a large percentage of the population, the English rose is the nation’s favourite flower, and just about everyone with a sunny patch of soil is growing...
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April is the perfect month to prepare your garden for the summer
In April the days start to get noticeably longer making it the perfect time to get ready for the summer. If you want to get started on your garden here are a few tasks that you can take care of now....
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Ways to prevent frost damaging your garden
If you are worried about your garden freezing under the not so warm sunrays or spring, you will want to follow a few of the following tips that will help keep your plants safe. Spring can be difficult...
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104 year old gardener shares his tips on Twitter
For Ralph Hoare, a green-fingered centenarian, Twitter has become his preferred medium for sharing his horticultural suggestions. Having reached the age of 104, he still maintains a healthy passion for...
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Creating a sensory garden
There are not that many pleasures in life that beat walking through a well maintained garden. This is because gardens can be a visual delight that engage the sense of sight due to the many differ...
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Creating a rock garden
Rock gardens are very simple to create and as a bonus is also extremely eco-friendly making them a great gardening asset to learn about. Even better, rock gardens are extremely low maintenance once...
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UK suffering gardening slump
Though most people probably haven’t noticed, the UK is definitely experiencing a slump in the gardening industry. More and more green space is paved over every day, it seems, and there’s less and less...
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A water feature is a great addition to any garden
Anyone who feels as if their garden is lacking …. ‘something’, or just needs a new breath of life to give it a bit of a lift, should have a look at the great selection of garden water features that are...
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The sun brings out the colours of the garden
The sun’s sudden arrival brought about a burst of variety and colour into gardens. You could feel the character of the soft new greens burst into life at the sight of the sun’s bright glare. It would...
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How to guide: decking your garden
Garden decking has been a must-have ever since Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock took over our TV screens in Ground Force back in the 1990s. With the help of Tommy the builder, they made it look easy...
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Growing herbs indoors
If you want to grow your own herb garden but simply don’t have the outdoor space to do so, a good and viable option is to have a container garden inside. These tubs can be used to grow many herbs that...
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