Whether you grow your own food or buy UK-grown food from a shop, eating with the British seasons will bring you closer to nature. A freshly podded bowl of peas smells like summer, and is even more ...

An urban forest garden, designed to help combat climate change through monitoring tree health with the use of AI. Trees in gardens offer many benefits, and in urban spaces can improve air quality, ...

Whether you're weeding, transporting plants or moving heavy landscape materials, a wheelbarrow is a valuable addition to a gardener’s tool shed. Typically single wheeled with a metal tray, many ...

Gravel gardens are low maintenance because a thick layer of gravel helps to suppress weeds. Plants that are suited to the growing conditions of a gravel garden also tend to be drought tolerant, which ...

The best way to compost is to use a mix of ingredients in your bin or heap. Combine soft, leafy material, grass clippings and kitchen peelings (green waste) with chopped up woody matter, cardboard and ...

The alternative to a traditional wooden trellis is to use rope planters, metal trellis, or make your own. Be creative and use things like window frames with chicken wire attached across them, ladders, ...

Planting up a flower bed can seem a bit daunting to begin with. Initially, it’s important to consider factors such as the size of your bed, how much sun it gets, the quality of your soil and what kind ...

How do you recreate a Mediterranean garden design? Mediterranean gardens often have shaded seating areas with plants in terracotta pots, surrounded by drifts of fragrant herbs. Water features are ...

House plants in the office can help to reduce stress levels, increase concentration and therefore productivity, and generally make the office a nicer environment to work in. The types of house plant ...

These fiery sun-lovers are ideal for a south-facing border. Crocosmias are perennials with multiple flowers on an arching stem that can be up anything from 50cm to 2m tall. They are available with ...

Horse manure is good for gardens because it contains nutrients that help to feed ornamental plants, fruit and vegetable crops. Rotted or composted manure combined with horse bedding is high in organic ...

The traditional lawn is becoming less favourable now that droughts are more common as the effects of climate change intensify. On drought-prone, free-draining soil, lawn grass turns brown when under ...