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With the arrival of March comes longer days, rising temperatures and the first real chance to get gardening. You are spoilt for choice when deciding what to plant in March. Whether you’re a keen kitchen gardener or eager to grow your own cut flowers, now is the perfect time to kickstart your garden and set…
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Drought-tolerant landscaping is top of the agenda right now, with the availability of low-water landscaping rebates, lawn-to-garden conversion incentives, and irrigation grants meaning there’s never been a better time to redesign your landscape using a more sustainable approach. A landscape that has been designed with drought tolerance in mind will include a mix of hardscape…
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The applicant, Franca Laverdino, applied for planning permission around two months ago for her homes” target=”_blank”>house at Hodgkinsons Farm. The application for a 22.5-square-metre greenhouse in the garden of the house, one of five houses on the former farm between Boot Lane and Old Kiln Lane, led to a lot of debate among councillors at…
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You could grow this one simple plant at home and you’ll be left with delicious home grown veg that you can use in your meals. Growing your own greens at home is not only therapeutic and promotes mindfulness, it is one of the easiest ways to ensure a fresh supply of nutrient-rich vegetables. With 2,400…
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For many of us, sunflowers are a rite of passage into gardening. I expect you might recall growing lofty sunflowers at school or with a family member, hopefully with some success, at least in memory. By summer, sunflowers can reach remarkable heights of 10, 12, or even 20 feet tall. Impressive, certainly, but not exactly…
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There are so many wonderful trellis ideas that offer limitless potential for adding vertical interest to your garden. Trellis is one of the most simple but effective garden fence ideas – allowing you to enhance an uninspiring surface or introduce an element of privacy or shade. ‘The vertical plane is the longest axis in the garden,…
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There are ways to make a small garden feel bigger (Image: Getty) As the days grow longer and warmer weather beckons, many of us look forward to unwinding in our gardens. However, for those with limited outdoor space, creating a serene oasis can be challenging. But design expert Ivana Agustina says even the smallest of…
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Fanciful flowerbeds? Not for Lisa Waud. The botanical artist, who last year won the American Horticultural Society’s top award for floral design, gets her color fix through imaginative, sometimes surreal work projects—like adorning a blighted duplex with 40,000 blooms for an art installation or embellishing an old Cadillac with flowers for rapper Danny Brown’s video…
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Many people only have a small garden but there are ways you can make it appear to be bigger Elaine Blackburne Network Content Editor 13:36, 07 May 2025Updated 13:56, 07 May 2025 There are tricks to make a small garden appear much bigger(Image: Getty) Many people enjoy relaxing in their garden – especially as the…
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Designers agree that in small garden design, every part must earn its keep, from paving and planters to perimeter treatments and the planting itself.  But when they’re planned well from the start, these elements can make a garden sing, no matter how restricted its parameters. Before you begin, think about what you’d like from the…