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…
You may not have heard of a ‘blobbery.’ But you have almost definitely seen blobberies in some of the most stylish gardens. They give a garden structure and interest all year round. And they are easy to clip and maintain. It’s a term coined by the company Architectural Plants, so…
Scented plants tap into the brain’s emotions. They trigger nostalgia, calm, happiness or other memories. And scent is vital for wildlife. Foraging pollinators use scent to help find their way to nectar and pollen. Yet many of today’s plant varieties have had scent bred out of them. While we were…
Do you have one of these forgotten shrubs in your garden? Is there an out-of-control honeysuckle rambling over a fence or a blaze of yellow in a corner? If so, you will have noticed three things. These forgotten shrubs are easy-care (which is why you find them in council car…
Greenhouse gardening can stretch the flowering season, giving you blooms up to six weeks earlier than usual. And although a full size greenhouse can also be a living space – a haven away from the world – you can get the same growing benefits from lean-to greenhouse shelving, cloches and…
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