How to Design a Garden from Scratch How do you start to think about what to ‘do’ with your garden? Where to start and what needs doing? Because we always aim to make gardening easier, we have created a series on how to design your garden – this is the first in that series. Watch the video to find out
Read moreGarden Shows: Resetting the Nation’s gardening compass Garden Shows are increasingly popular as a new generation of would be gardeners strive to learn the best way to create their own gardens. Their influence stretches far beyond the confines of the showground and resets our collective gardening compass, but once that compass begins to swing and we head in a
Read morehttps://plantplots.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/heresmyhedge.mp4 Have fun with your hedge trimmers folks ! STOP PRESS: The Rules on ‘How to Have A Proper British Hedge’ will no longer apply after BREXIT. We no longer have to conform to British Standard BS5376616 – for Neat & Proper Hedging anymore. So cut up your string, chuck the spirit level in the bin and go sharpen those
Read moreDo your indoor plants keep dying…or at the very least look decidedly ‘off colour’? Indoor plants are really fashionable at the moment and they look wonderful displayed in the garden centre and when we thumb through the photos in interior magazines. Plants enhance the decor of our living spaces and they benefit our health physically and mentally. So
Read moreIf you love the sound of happy bees & butterflies buzzing & fluttering round your garden then download this design now. It’s packed with wonderful plants that will feed your bees for much of the year.
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Bees V RHS – it’s time for the Bees to win. The Royal Horticultural Society is an amazing institution. It’s role is to promote gardening and educate current and future generations about gardening and all things horticultural. No one can argue that it does not fulfil this role admirably. However, the RHS has created a monster in the world of horticulture
Read moreThe Trouble with Flower Shows… What trouble, flowers shows are meant to inspire us, show us how to garden & display amazing plants in wonderful garden settings! Shows are the pinnacle of horticultural achievement, where they lead we should follow…. Or should we?
Read moreMaximising space in a small garden is all about minimising ‘dead space’ Garden sizes have been shrinking for decades – which is a crying shame. As land for development becomes ever more expensive, more houses are squeezed into the same sized area with the casualty being the garden. Although your garden is getting smaller, the stuff we need to use
Read moreHanging Baskets & why you are better off without them. We Brits have always had an obsession for hanging baskets. We spend millions on these displays every year. Beautiful displays sing out the conquest of one’s horticultural ability over the elements. More often than not though, the compost heap quickly fills with thrown away shrivelled and dried out displays. Should we
Read moreHow do you buy plants properly? Well, the best way to explain how is with a sofa. So you’ve just watched the Chelsea Flower Show all week and now you’re on a mission to do-up the garden. Gardening can be really expensive, buying plants certainly is – so how can you buy plants properly, so you don’t waste
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