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If you want to take your garden up a notch, book a garden appraisal. Maybe you've moved to a new house and you don't even know what's in your garden?…
I first heard the term 're-wilding' at Glee 2017, the horticultural trades show. It's one of the big new trends in gardening. It means appreciating, re-introducing or conserving the wild…
Yasmin Hossain makes natural dye from garden plants. She uses it to dye beautiful silk and wool fabrics. And I believe that grow-your-own dyes from garden plants is a trend…
What's the first thing you think about when you decide to find a gardener? Is it 'how much does a gardener cost?' Or 'how do I find a gardener who…
To wish you 'happy Christmas', here is 'the best of 2017' - the most popular posts published in 2017 in the Middlesized Garden, plus my favourite photographs. And there are…
What are your best blogging tips of the year? I'll tell you mine, if you tell me yours. Britmums is a blogging collective. Although it's mainly for parenting bloggers, it…
The phrase 'Christmas tablescape' has emerged from Pinterest, along with 'Christmas mantelscapes.' [caption id="attachment_8101" align="alignnone" width="600"] This Christmas tablescape is on the piano in the hall. It looks so effective…
Learning With Experts (formerly My Garden School) is offering Middlesized Garden readers a 10% off their New Contemporary Garden course, taught by RHS Ambassador Jamie Butterworth. [caption id="attachment_8086" align="alignnone" width="300"]…
I love jam jar flower arrangements, so I've asked florist-tutor Julie Davies how to do jam jar Christmas decorations. [caption id="attachment_8048" align="alignnone" width="600"] Jam jar Christmas decorations created with empty…
I've asked a range of leading bloggers to recommend the best gifts for gardeners. I set a price limit of under £50. And by gardeners, of course, I mean 'anyone…
I don't dig up dahlias to store them at the end of the summer. I’ve been growing dahlias for fifteen years, and I only dug a few up once. They…
I was part of the original 1970s house plants movement. When I first left home, house plants were as essential as having a coffee mug, a Habitat plate and Pink…