Natural Habitat at Good Dogs Farm
Screenwriter Maria Nation’s love of the outdoors resulted in a round-the-clock garden that she graciously shares with family and friends. The post N...
A Storm-Damaged Garden Reimagined
Artist Debby Crane Jones’s proudest moments happen when she shares her outdoor canvas with fellow gardeners. The post A Storm-Damaged Garden Reimagi...
Follow the buzz: the best UK wildflower spectacles this summer
As the Chelsea Flower Show gets under way, we pick pollinator-friendly meadows and gardens for making a beeline to, from North Uist to the Tower of Lo...
The 12 best flowering shrubs to plant for year-round colour in your garden
For year-round structure, intrinsic beauty and sheer usefulness, shrubs–the original low-maintenance plant–are hard to beat. Charles Quest-Ritson ...
When to Prune Hydrangeas
Post by Growing The Home Garden – Home Gardening with Vegetables, Herbs, and Plant Propagation One of the more confusing aspects of gardening is...
The sweet solace of a roof terrace
Our outdoor space at home is an inspiration while the allotment is closed The windowbox rosemary is covered in late-January flower. The Bengal crimson...
The allure of the first seed catalogues: Country diary, 7 January 1922
7 January 1922: When one has got over into the third foolscap sheet, lean back in one’s chair, plot out the beds and imagine the year’s garden Kew...
Finding a little light in the dark | Allan Jenkins
The children may have grown up, but trees and lights are still magical The old year’s gardening has nearly ended. The new one’s waiting in the pot...
Seed saving is a chore for autumn
A fox slinks by, the light fades, and seed is collected for next year’s garden The bean poles and pea sticks are still up. Ghostly, empty now of sum...
Orton Botanical Garden – Native Drought Tolerant Plants – Desert Garden
Looking for things to do in Idaho? If you have an interest in drought tolerant plants, desert gardens and plants for a pollinator garden, be sure to i...
Country diary: let the grasshoppers grow
Sandy, Bedfordshire: The lawn hasn’t been mowed since the first greenish-brown babies appeared in early June, and the inhabitants are chirruping the...
Lady’s 9 Garden Day Trips from London
Today I want to bring you my guide to garden day trips from London. There are a lot of great places to take in the prettiest flower beds and most beau...
TV tonight: David Morrissey returns in Jez Butterworth’s Britannia
Morrissey and Mackenzie Crook continue to fight it out three years after the Roman invasion. Plus: Paralympics Opening Ceremony Live. Here’s what to...
Creating the perfect romantic rose garden
In brief Name Upper Sydling House. What A farmhouse with a romantic garden that connects with the surrounding landscape. Where Dorset. Size Three acre...
Went to mow … but stopped: how UK cities embraced the meadows revolution
From Peckham to Plymouth, wildflowers are thriving in urban areas as councils let the grass grow to create ‘managed messiness’ for wildlife to thr...
Planting for a dry and shady urban garden
In brief What Private garden. Where Oxford. Size 480 square metres. Soil Free draining. Climate Temperate, but shaded by mature trees. Hardiness zone ...
Gardens Volunteer Position at Heifer Ranch
Beginning Farmers Beginning Farmers – Practical Tools for Successful Family Farming Gardens Volunteer Position at Heifer Ranch in Perryville,...
Summer planting at Malverleys: borders, layering and planning ahead
The Garden In Brief What A new English flower garden with mixed border planting in a formal design, influenced by the writings of Christopher Lloyd,V...