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Meet Pippa Greenwood – gardening's agony aunt with a fetish for pests and diseases
The plant-health expert on her unexpected journey into television, and a career as gardening’s most dependable agony aunt

The RHS has lifted its gnome ban for Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - for one important reason
The RHS's gnome ban will be lifted for just the second time in history

Inside Dowdeswell Court, the private gardens of clothing brand Holland Cooper's founder
Around the Neoclassical home of Jade Holland Cooper and Julian Dunkerton, Urquhart & Hunt has designed a garden that works in harmony with a variety of wildlife.
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UK gardeners NEED to know about these 10 underused plants
These are great plants that James Hitchmough believes really deserve to be grown more and certainly should be better known to UK gardeners.

The best flower subscriptions for a last minute Mother's Day gift
Don't just surprise mum with ONE bunch of flowers. Why not show how much you love her all year long? The best last-minute Mother's Day gift

Maximum impact plants - grow one of these for wow-factor focal points in the garden
James Hitchmough's favourite feature or specimen plants that will offer the most wow-factor focal points in a garden.

This Californian mini meadow garden is an inspiring sanctuary for a well-known recording artist
Plantsman John Greenlee, the grasses guru, has created a sumptuous new meadow garden with tropical touches for a historic house in Palo Alto.

The Moroccan hillside garden preserving the landscape almost obliterated by urban expansion
At Rohuna, writer Umberto Pasti has conjured a remarkable garden from a barren Moroccan hillside, where he wants to conserve the local flora.

10 endlessly useful plants chosen by the UK's most exciting gardener
Discover the plants that expert plantsman James Hitchmough couldn't live without in his garden.

These 9 plants could solve your biggest gardening problems, says TV's Nick Bailey
The 9 most common problems people raise about their gardens – and the best plants to use to sort them out

Discover a bijou garden in Amsterdam, perfect for entertaining
Faced with a tight deadline, designer
Stefano Marinaz came up with a practical
design for this small, verdant, urban
garden that’s perfect for entertaining.

This Arts & Crafts gem in Wales has been newly restored by Arne Maynard
This abandoned Monmouthshire garden has been taken back to its Edwardian heyday by designer Arne Maynard.

The nine types of plant you never knew you needed in your garden
Looking to elevate your planting schemes? Nick Bailey pinpoints nine types of plant you never knew you needed, from gap fillers and bridge builders to drama queens

The new curator at RHS flagship garden Wisley on his passion for plants, people and education
The new curator of RHS Garden Wisley on the pulling power of plants, his passion for education and bringing excitement to gardens. Image by Rachel Warne

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.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show to be sponsored by Range Rover in 2026
The RHS has announced its headline sponsor for this year's show - discover more about the partnership

Discover a remarkable garden, created lovingly over 30 years by its owners
Old Park Barn’s multi-layered garden, created over 30 years, is testament to its owners’ planting skill, artistic vision and commitment to the environment.

Gardeners called on to help bring rare pink daffodil back into cultivation
The RHS is calling on home gardeners to help track down rare pink daffodils and bring them back into cultivation. Could you help?

How to prune a climbing rose: 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

"There's nothing seasonal about a rose in February" – why Valentine's Day red roses are a thorny issue
Jessica Blume, co-founder of SSAW Collective, explains why roses are not the best flower to buy for your loved one this Valentine's Day

"Don't be put off by funky terms or what concrete or cement is": Henry Agg on demystifying gardening
The garden designer and influencer Henry Agg on not being intimidated by jargon, spreading weeds by mistake and why he loves small gardens

The best places to propose: pop the question in a garden
Thinking of proposing to your beloved? Why not do it in style and pull off the perfect marriage proposal in one of our pick of beautiful garden venues

How a former pig farm became a tranquil garden that's a haven for wildlife
The owners of Am Brook Meadow in Devon have put two decades of hard work into transforming a former pig farm into a tranquil garden.

"I didn't even like him at first" - how these couples garden together without killing each other
This Valentine's Day, we decided to ask some of horticulture's top duos what it's like to garden together