Category: Gardening for Beginners
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Since 1983, The English Gardening School has been helping gardeners and garden designers develop and hone their skills. With courses that can be taken at home or at the School’s London base at the Chelsea Physic Garden, studying here is an ideal way to take your gardening to the next level, or turn the hobby…
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PROMISES OF LESS WORK with more garden productivity often raise my suspicions as perhaps sounding too good to be true, except when the subject is no-dig gardening. The no-dig method of caring for our vegetable beds, which Charles Dowding has popularized, is not just good for maximizing output while minimizing labor, but also of great…
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Home Advice You Can Trust Tips, tricks & ideas for a better home and yard, delivered to your inbox daily. Over the past few years, seed companies and nurseries nationwide have experienced huge spikes in sales due, in large part, to Americans keeping to their homes—that, and finding that their staple foods were either in…
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Even if you are a gardening beginner, applying simple principles of garden design to your own outside space is easier than you think. Garden design for beginners should be fun and creative, so don’t feel overwhelmed. The first step is to consider how you would like to use your garden – for relaxing, entertaining, raising…
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“The safest, easiest plants to grow indoors are tropical plants,” says Stephen Block of Inner Gardens. “These plants grow in the understory of the rainforest where it is relatively dark. Their leaves grow very wide and are able to utilize the available light in low light situations. It’s always best to locate your indoor trees…
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If you’re new to the gardening game, you’ll want to know which flowers are best for beginners. There’s no point diving straight into exotic blooms or trying your hand at hard to raise varieties until you’ve mastered the basics, but spring is the perfect time to get those initial foundations under your belt. Now that…
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Growing fabulous flowers for the first time is super exciting, but it can feel a bit daunting, too. Whether you’ve recently acquired an entire backyard to fill, or you just fancy adding a few containers to your patio, step one is choosing your plants. But with so many varieties to decide between, how do you…
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If you’re only just starting gardening it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of gardening products on the market, but don’t let this put you off from starting your own garden. Below, we have compiled the most useful tools you’ll need as a beginner gardener. We regularly test different types of garden equipment, so…
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When it comes to apartment gardening, it’s surprising how much fresh organic produce your can grow even in a small space. As long as you have a couple of decent sized window sills, either inside or out (preferably both), you can grow a regular supply of small space crops like fresh herbs, salad greens and…
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New to gardening? You’re in the right place! BobVila.com is your hub for all things seeds, soil, and plants. We’ll help you set up your first garden— whether it’s a few pots on your patio, a raised bed, or a in-ground plot out back, and select the right plants for your soil and region. You’ll…