PLACES TO VISIT, HORTICULTURAL SHOWS, COOL GARDENS
Beamish Museum: Festival of the 50s
Get ready to rock 'n' roll, July 12-15, 2018
Vintage fans, it’s time to dust off your petticoats and slick back your hair for Beamish’s...
FEATURED PLANTS AND FLOWER SEEDS
GARDENING NEWS, PRODUCTS, REVIEWS
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, COMMENT
Design a garden based on your personality
Don’t copy other people’s gardens - reflect your taste, good or bad
Copying is the sincerest form of flattery but it’s rarely one that makes...
Hillier’s garden revamp for tot with cancer
Sebastian and family's haven to be created by volunteers
A toddler suffering from cancer and his family are to benefit from a garden makeover from...
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Climbing fruit
It’s easy to create a pick-your-own garden
A pick-your-own garden with climbing fruit like blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and grapes doesn't need much room. Plants make use...
Frost-hardy citrus
Cold tolerant down to -15°C
Switrus Ichangensis also known as Ichang Papeda, is probably one of the most winter hardy and frost-hardy evergreen citrus species, withstanding temperatures down to...
Growing tomatoes in pots
Why I'm ditching grow bags this year
While it's good to see more peat-free grow bags on the market, I've decided to give them a...
GARDENING JOBS, TECHNIQUES, MY GARDEN
Drought and heatwave damage in gardens
Take a philosophical view of extreme heat and dryness
After two and a half months of negligible rain and high temperatures, it's inevitable that there...
5 gardening jobs July 14-20
Get a second flush of flowers
Cut back delphiniums and geraniums after the first flush of flowers to encourage a second flowering period. Feed after cutting them...
Design a garden based on your personality
Don’t copy other people’s gardens - reflect your taste, good or bad
Copying is the sincerest form of flattery but it’s rarely one that makes...
