It’s time for the potting shed tidy up. While I’m sorting the tools and accessories, I’ll picking out which ones I want to replace or repair and which I’ll throw away . The best quick shed tidy tip I hate tidying, so I have to force myself. One trick I’ve…
Over 150,000 people visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2026. They saw show gardens built with budgets over £300,000 each. Most left wondering: how do I do any of this in my 6x4m patch? You can. The best Chelsea trends are not about money. They are about thinking differently.…
You dug the hole, dropped the tree in, and backfilled. Now the leaves are yellowing, or it’s leaning, or it just looks sad. Did you plant it wrong? Probably. Most people do. Here’s what actually matters when planting a tree – and how to undo the damage if you already…
I’ve killed my share of fussy houseplants. After a few years of trial and error, I started raiding the garden center instead of the indoor plant aisle. Turns out, plenty of outdoor perennials and annuals adapt perfectly to life inside — they just need the right treatment. Here are nine…
You spent $80 on six-packs of flowering annuals, dug holes, watered faithfully, and watched them turn yellow and die by mid-July. You blamed the weather. You blamed the nursery. You blamed yourself. I did the same thing for two years. Then a neighbor who grows tomatoes the size of softballs…
There are three factors that influence autumn colours in your garden. The first is quite obvious. Choose the plants that are well known for good autumn colour. I’ll list some later in this post. The second is often forgotten. You need to plant them in the right place. I’ll explain…
Three years ago I stood in my backyard staring at a flat rectangle of lawn bordered by a tired fence. I wanted something that looked intentional and impressive every single month — not just June through August. No empty flower beds in winter. No brown gaps. I wanted an evergreen…
The Real Reason Most Perennial Borders Look Bare by August The border looks incredible in June. By August it’s tatty foliage, bare patches, and a few stragglers clinging on. I’ve watched this happen in garden after garden — including my own, in the early years — and it almost always…
You put $75 worth of petunias, impatiens, and wave petunias in the ground in late May. By mid-July, the impatiens collapsed. The petunias stopped blooming without deadheading every five days. The wave petunias held on — but only barely, demanding water daily through a three-week dry stretch. That’s a plant…
Over 120,000 people attended the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival in 2026 — and if you weren’t one of them, you missed something genuinely useful. Not just pretty show gardens, but a clear signal about where home gardening is heading: wilder, more resilient, and far more considered than a…
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