Gardening advice
Expert gardening advice for designing and planting in your garden
You don't find poppies and cornflowers in a real meadow - here's why they are so rare and what a meadow actually is
A brief history of the evolution of the meadow, from the last ice age
until the present day – and why poppies and corncockle do not a meadow make…
Do this now to seed potatoes to help get a healthy spud harvest
Writer and expert grower Alys Fowler explains everything you need to know about chitting potatoes and how to get the most from your potato harvest
How to photograph your garden: top tips from award-winning photographer Jason Ingram
Always wanted to take better photos of your garden? Jason Ingram gives us his best tips on how to capture your garden and take beautiful plant portraits ahead of the release of his new book, How to Photograph Gardens
POV: You’ve inherited an historic English hall with two moats and incredible gardens – now what?
Once home to garden designer Xa Tollemache, Helmingham Hall is now under the care of a new generation of Tollemaches and is as glorious as ever, especially in winter when its bones are laid bare.
Words: Chris Young, Photographs: Richard Bloom
Thinking of becoming a gardener? Here's everything you need to know before you start
Thinking about a career in horticulture? Here's what you need to know about becoming a gardener.
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Three expert gardeners reveal their favourite places to buy seeds
Three expert gardeners pick their favourite seed catalogues and online plant lists that are also an enjoyable and informative read
How to propagate houseplants - an easy and cheap guide to growing your houseplant collection
Expert house growers Maddie and Alice Bailey explain how to propagate your houseplants using stem cuttings
How to repot your plants - watch our guide to repotting houseplants to make sure your indoor plants are happy
Our simple and easy-to-follow guide on how and when to repot your houseplants from experts Alice and Maddie Bailey from Forest London
To get lovely wisteria you need to prune it twice a year - here's exactly when and how for beautiful summer blooms
Wisteria needs to be pruned twice a year to keep it in good shape and to ensure abundant flowers. Here's how to do it.
Think you can't plant anything in February? Here's what you can sow and plant out this month
Head gardener Benjamin Pope and vegetable gardener Aaron Bertselsen offers their suggestions for the best things to plant in pots and beyond this month
Advice for big gardens
Stuck with a slope? Top ideas and inspiration for steps and ramps in the garden
Expert advice from Andrew Wilson on how to cope with level changes in the garden, with ideas on including steps and ramps with safety and accessibility in mind
Looking for colour in winter? Hellebores are perfect flowers for the season- here's how to plant, care for and sow them
Plant expert John Hoyland gives advice on planting, sowing and growing hellebores. Plus, the best varieties to grow, recommended by some of our favourite plant experts.
How to lay a hedge
Interested in the centuries-old skill of hedge laying? Follow our guide on how to lay a hedge and learn about the traditional ways to lay a hedge. Words Louise Allen, photography Andrew Montgomery, illustration Liam McAuley
Advice for dry gardens
Get help for planting and ideas for your dry garden
How to protect grass seed from birds
Head gardener Troy Scott Smith explains his tips and tricks on sowing grass seed in a way that the birds won't eat
What does 'organic' actually mean? We break down the confusing terms and see if it's possible to garden organically
Organic is a word used a lot in the gardening and farming world these days, and many people are trying to 'go organic'. But what does organic actually mean? It isn't as simple as you think
How to care for your lawn: 10 top tips for keeping your lawn lush and green
Head gardener of Stockton Bury Tamsin Westhorpe explains ten simple tips that will help you care for your lawn
Gardening how tos
Wondering exactly how to do something in the garden? Discover our gardening guides
Garden ideas on a budget: how to make a beautiful garden from scratch for next to nothing
Charlotte Molesworth, best known for the topiary in her garden at Balmoral Cottage, offers her best ideas for garden ideas on a budget.
Do this to your climbing rose now, to make sure it behaves this summer: expert tips from a head gardener
Daunted by pruning a climbing rose? Follow our expert guide on training climbing roses from head gardener Jenny Barnes
How to train roses into creative sculptures
Head gardener Jenny Barnes is known for her imaginative ways of training roses. Here, she shares her secrets to creating her beautiful rose domes and sculptures.
Low maintenance gardens
Our guide to finding the easiest ways of gardening
Leave your leaves: Here's why you don’t need to tidy up those garden leaves
Gardeners mean well, but the act of gardening can be a hindrance to increasing biodiversity. Maybe, says Rebecca McMackin, we need to let leaves be. Illustration Rosanna Morris
Wondering what no-dig gardening is? Let the expert explain
Generations of gardeners have been told that digging is the best way to prepare soil for planting – but that’s a myth, according to grower Charles Dowding, who practises no dig gardening. Charles explains what no dig is and how it works
31 small garden design ideas from experts that will maximise impact and space on your own plot
Three top designers share expert advice on creating small spaces that really work, with insightful dos and don’ts to apply to your own garden. Picked by Harry Holding, Caroline Clayton, Harriet Farlam and Ben Chandler
Advice for shady gardens
Get help for your shady garden
20 of the best plants for shade - including a designer's recommendations
Discover 20 of the best plants for shade, including recommendations from garden designer Chris Moss
A small sloping backyard was given a designer update and is now a beautiful, flower-filled family garden on different levels by Farlam & Chandler
Design duo Farlam & Chandler has transformed a heavily shaded plot into a beautiful, flower-filled family garden
Ten tips for gardening plastic free
David Ware, head of eco garden centre EdibleCulture, offers up his top tips for how to garden without using plaastic
Sunny gardens
Beautiful pink, orange, red and white poppies for your garden and how to care for them
The scarlet poppy may be one of the most instantly recognisable flowers, but with more than 70 species of Papaver, in a range of shapes and colours, there’s one for every garden. Plant expert John Hoyland picks the best and gives his growing advice
When to water plants in hot weather
In the heatwave, make sure you're watering your plants at the right time of day
Wondering what jobs to get done this summer? Let Sissinghurst's expert head gardener guide you
Sissinghurst’s head gardener Troy Scott Smith guides us through the jobs that he and his team do in summer. Images by John Campbell
Advice for wet gardens
Get help for your wet garden
Stop! Here are 14 things you think you need to do in your garden but you actually don't
The RHS offers up 14 things in your garden that you think might work, but which actually don't
Here's what companion planting means and why it can help plants thrive
Ever wondered how companion planting might help your vegetables and deter pests? Here expert grower Matthew Biggs breaks down the companion planting myths and explains how the system works
30 of the best climbing plants for 2025
Choose from our selection of best climbing plants and add vertical interest to walls and trellises or allow to scramble over other plants in borders. Plantsman and garden designer Rory Dusoir gives his top recommendations.