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HERE'S SIX REASONS why installing a pond into a garden is a great idea! Water in a garden immediately changes the ambience of an outdoor space. In fact, a pond or water feature has been shown to improve mood and make people feel healthier and happier. Ponds reflect light, add...

  Spring time is a period when many people think about brightening up their outdoor spaces. In May it's time (depending on the weather) to plant out bedding and put out some hanging baskets. Cold snaps in spring have a habit of having their wicked way with anyone who is...

And the winner is... Yvonne Osborne, who lives in North Yorkshire. The standard of entries was extremely high and it was a VERY difficult decision to choose a winner. Eventually the following poem was chosen and we hope you will agree that she is a deserving winner: ‍ Yvonne Osborne...

How to have fun during the Easter holidays Easter is approaching (Sunday 16 April) and the glorious, warming weather provides a great incentive for all of us to enjoy the garden. Get the kids outdoors having fun during the school holidays now and they will form habits that will last...

Would you like to WIN this herb wheel from Grange?  It's competition time and you are invited to enter this competition to win a wooden herb wheel planter from Perfectplants.co.uk. You will find it easy to grow herbs, vegetables and fruit in a UK garden once you feel inspired. In...

8 reasons to get your kids out into the garden this spring There's no doubt that gardening, in all its various guises, is a fun and healthy activity for kids. Gardening provides a lot of enjoyment and it has huge educational and health implications too. ‍ Give children a bucket, like...

Growing figs. Exotic, or a 'fig'ment of the imagination? The mysterious world of figs is easy to figure out once you realise that it's easy to grow these fruit trees. These long-lived plants crop well here in the south east, particularly now that winters tend to be milder and start later than...

In the vegetable garden pumpkin patch  Pumpkins and pizzazz! There's fireworks in the tree tops now the autumn show has begun. So this makes the autumn tasks in the vegetable garden all the more rewarding. What could be nicer than getting things ship-shape at a time when all around is...

Flowering cherries want to be seen. Plant a tree for all to see! The autumn equinox has arrived and the daylight hours now match the length of darkness. Lamenting the loss of summer? There's  a change in the light which makes interesting shadows, but we have the promise of more...

Enhance your home with cut flowers Cut flowers can enhance the home in an instant. The interiors of the smallest bedsit through to the largest mansion house are all lifted and improved by adding a few cut flowers. Flowers from the petrol filling station are better than nothing, but should,...

Visit a garden in August. That's where you can go today! Where can you go today? Did you know that 2016 is Visit England's Year of the English Garden? August is in full swing and there's a garden open every day of the week. Come rain or shine, there's always...

The English Landscape Style One might view a typical English landscape and assume it is natural. But is it? This is a year in which birthday congratulations are owed to a remarkable landscape architect. Capability Brown actually helped to create the English landscape as we recognise it today. He moulded hills and...