How to Level Your Sloped or Bumpy Garden
An uneven garden is difficult to enjoy and it makes mowing the lawn properly impossible. To get the full benefit of a garden it needs safe, flat areas. Let’s take a look at how you can level your garden in …
The Ultimate Wildlife Rescue Guide
If you’ve ever spotted a wild animal in trouble and wished you could help this guide is for you… We’re going to cover practical steps you can take to help injured wildlife by running through the most common scenarios – …
How To Build A Garden Office Room
Thinking about working from home? Maybe you need some more space? Find out how building a garden room might just be the answer you’re looking for. How to Choose the Right Garden Office Room An extension or loft conversion will …
30 Creative Front Garden Ideas That’ll Inspire You
There are endless possibilities for your front garden! We’ve sourced 30 of the best front garden ideas to inspire you to get creative. 1. Source Lots of us have boring tarmacked parking spaces, but you can switch yours up with …
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The Ultimate Guide To Grass Snakes!
Grass snakes are totally harmless, but it’s fair to say the majority of us would be shocked and scared to see one swimming across the pond or disappearing into the flower border. Don’t be scared – this guide will give …
How To Build A Bug Hotel!
Bug hotels are a great way to start connecting with nature! If you’re looking to green up your outdoor space, entertain the kids, and be kind to the environment then an easy-build bug hotel is the best place to start. …
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Woodworking
Woodworking is a profession as old as time, but it never goes out of fashion. Wood is a natural material we can all connect to, and what better way to experience that connection than making beautiful, useful, or preferably both, …
6 Ways You & Your Kids Can Save Endangered Insects
We live alongside billions of insects here on planet Earth, but a new study estimates a third of them are at risk. Insects are disappearing at a rate of 2.5% a year. That means if we keep going the way …
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How to Attract Interesting Birds to Your Garden
Have you watched the birds recently? If not, I’d heartily recommend it. Our UK birds include bully robins, timid wrens, gentle pigeons, and here-today-gone-tomorrow swallows all fighting for survival. It’s like a soap opera out there. I love it because …
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Growing Your Own Kale!
Kale is one of those fool-proof crops that everyone should grow because it’s hardy in the cold months, it’s resistant to most diseases, and grows in all types of soil. Kale is a member of the brassica family. It’s a …
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77 Creative Garden Design Ideas You’ll Absolutely Love! (Jul 2020 Edition)
Take a journey of DIY discovery, and see exactly what’s possible in your garden with a bit of creative flair and elbow grease. We’ve sourced the very best garden design ideas that are creative, fun & achievable in a weekend! …
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Chrysanthemum Care Guide: How to Grow Chrysanthemums
The cut chrysanthemum is a familiar flower in supermarkets and florists, and is grown commercially in huge quantities. It is a traditional garden flower, and while its popular appeal has waxed and waned many times over the decades, it retains …
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Alstroemeria Care Guide: How to Grow Alstroemeria
The Alstroemeria, or Peruvian lily, is a long-lived, free-flowering perennial that originates from South America. They grow from tubers, and produce lots of colourful flowers from June through to the first winter frosts on stems up to 1.2m tall, depending …
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Phlox Care Guide: How to Grow Phlox
The Phlox genus encompasses nearly 70 species, and includes annuals, perennials and shrubs. Most of the perennial varieties are upright, but a few species are mat forming. Most of the popular garden varieties derive from the species Phlox paniculata, an …
Hyacinth Care Guide: How to Grow Hyacinth
Hyacinths are a delightful plant to grow for a burst of spring colour and fragrance. They can be grown in pots, window boxes and borders in groups to provide a lovely spring display. They are a great choice for growing …
Poinsettia Care Guide: How to Grow Poinsettia
Poinsettia has become the archetypal Christmas house plant. Its cheery red flowers are a common festive season sight in homes, garden centres and supermarkets across the UK. One recent estimate suggested that six million poinsettias are bought here every Christmas. …
Choisya Ternata Care Guide: How to Grow Choisya Ternata
This evergreen shrub is grown for its mass of beautiful, star-shaped white flowers, which have a delicate citrus fragrance, in late April through May. It also has attractive glossy foliage with leaves that are aromatic and shaped like small palm …
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Camellia Care Guide: How to Grow Camellias
Camellias are one of the most popular evergreen early flowering garden shrubs, providing a short-lived but often intense splash of colour. As woodland plants, they grow best in light shade, although with watering and care some types will also thrive …
Alchemilla Care Guide: How to Grow Alchemilla
Alchemilla mollis, or lady’s mantle, is a herbaceous perennial that forms attractive, pale green clumps of leaves that are shaped like scallop shells. Being densely but finely hairy, these catch droplets of dew and rain, which sit as miniature spheres …
Hypericum Care Guide: How to Grow Hypericum
Hypericum, also known as Rose of Sharon or St John’s Wort, is grown for its profusion of golden- yellow flowers from July to October. Many types are evergreen or semi-evergreen. This is a tough, hardy and easy to grow shrub …