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Top four low-maintenance hedges

Sarah Raven outlines her favourites for garden hedging and explains how to care for them Well known garden designer...

Top tips for pollinator-friendly gardening  

Sue Bradley provides some of her top-tips.... * Favour single, open blooms, which are more easily accessible to insects...

Get gardening this May bank holiday weekend!

The weather in May can be a mixed bag, anything from gloriously hot to cold and wet, but then that could describe any month in summer here in the...

Solve problems environmentally

How natural methods create a healthy, affordable garden I was in the garden centre the other day and the shelves of weedkillers and pesticides caught my eye. There are so...

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The revival of an old favourite

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Move trees and shrubs now

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How to deal with the risk of flooding

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