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Low-maintenance plants are difficult to kill and look good in your garden for a long time. They don't require complicated pruning or feeding regimes, and will forgive a little ignorance.…
Is your personality better suited to easy compost or fast compost? When I started gardening, I was confused by what appeared to be conflicting advice about compost. There seemed to…
I had never considered buying gardening trousers. Because I work from home, I garden in short snatches and stolen moments. I didn't think it would be worth changing trousers just…
Treat yourself to one of the best gardening books of the year. Or any one of them would make a wonderful gift. If you're asking the question 'why do we…
Do you fancy joining me in zero waste Christmas decorating this year? My definition of 'zero waste Christmas decorations' are things found in the garden, are responsibly gathered from the…
Autumn trees are the stars in my November garden. If I didn't have trees, there would be very little to look at. And trees improve air quality and support wildlife.…
Do you avoid using Latin names for plants? Do they seem too complicated or even unnecessary? After all, we can all have beautiful gardens without knowing the Latin names of…
Many people are now talking openly about their physical and mental challenges and how their garden or gardening has helped them. I want to talk about my story of trauma,…
'So how many people in this room have done a soil test?' This question was asked by garden designer Adam Frost at a recent talk at the Painters Forstal Gardening…
This year's autumn garden has taught me a lot about choosing plants for late-season colour. [caption id="attachment_9946" align="alignnone" width="400"] The leaves of the Robinia frisia (False acacia) and the Cotinus…
Does an accessible garden only matter to people in wheelchairs? Or to the partially sighted, or to someone with a chronic illness? What about mothers with small children, or grannies…or…
I asked garden designer Adam Frost about garden redesign. Especially if you have a middlesized garden and have recently moved in. ('Recently' in garden terms can be years, as we…