If you’re buying plants for shade, firstly think about what kind of shade you have in your garden. At least half your garden – wherever you live – is shady. If you’re in a town or city, with a small garden surrounded by tall buildings, then much of your garden…
Discover why leaving seedheads standing in your garden can transform your garden through winter, help wildlife and minimise your work in the garden. From sculptural alliums to delicate grasses and wildlife-friendly teasels, the best plants for seedheads add texture and interest long after the flowers fade. However, it’s rare that…
Autumn perennials keep the feel of summer going once you’ve packed away your holiday clothes. And autumn – or fall – is now considered the most important time in the gardening year. It’s when you plan and plant next year’s borders. So to find out more about how the experts…
Garden screening plants are a speciality at Architectural Plants. ‘It’s what about 90% of our customers want,’ says Guy Watts, the company’s MD. So I asked him what was new in screening plants and design, how to avoid mistakes in garden screening and his top seven garden screening plants. Guy…
Garden design details make all the difference between an ordinary garden and one with the ‘wow factor’. In this town garden, top designers Charlotte Rowe and Tomoko Kawauchi reveal how paths, levels and seating areas can make a space feel bigger, more magical and show off the planting. It’s a…
Think garden watering means lugging heavy cans or wrestling with a tangled hose? Think again. Most of us water more than we need to—and often in ways that waste time, money and precious resources. But what if you could teach your plants to thrive with less? To find out how,…
The RHS Hampton Court 2025 Garden Festival had some lovely ideas that we can try in our own gardens. Whether your style is natural and romantic or more sleek and modern, here are some practical takeaways that could work in your garden, whatever its size. The most dominant planting theme…
The phrase ‘low maintenance garden‘ usually conjures up an image of dull, regimented shrubs and evergreens. But writer Anne Wareham and photographer Charles Hawes have created Veddw, a garden bursting with personality, colour and structure. And, as the author of The Deckchair Gardener, Anne is known for her no-nonsense approach…
I’ve just visited the Horniman Museum & Gardens in South London to talk to Head of Horticulture, Errol Fernandes, about their innovative gardening ideas and techniques. These new ways of gardening are all about working with your garden and climate rather than battling to impose a set definition of what…
Trees — in all their forms from mature specimens to ornamental stumps — are the stars of many show gardens at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Create a patch of ‘woodland’ in a small urban garden These show gardens are small compared to real gardens. So they demonstrate that…
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