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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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How to get free plants from sprouting perennials

Basal cuttings are a cheap and easy form of propagation As plants start to grow again we can begin to take new growth as cuttings...

A beginner’s guide to making compost  

One of the best ways to save money, reduce waste and help the environment  is to make your own compost. Alex Valk explains how Nutritional,...

An unexpected bonus

A single tomato produced a whole pot of seedlings A few months ago I found a very squishy homegrown ‘Tigerella’ tomato in a drawer, where...

Keep your pots flourishing

Feeding and pest control are high up the agenda Pots and baskets may be an easy way of adding quick colour to the garden, but...

Lilies – how to care for lily flowers with a look at ‘Queen of The Night’

This Asiatic Lily (Lilium asiatica) 'Queen of the Night' is a unique lily with beautiful, almost black flowers, accented by stunning vermilion red stamens!...

Small-scale gardening in shade

Seek woodland inspiration for your small shady garden, writes Chris Collins, Garden Organic’s head of organic horticulture Small gardens can often suffer from problems with...
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