Gardening Basics
- Gardening Basics Seasons What To Read This WeekAugust 19, 2025
Bulbs are easy and rewarding plants to grow - when you plant them at the right time. To identify your daffodils from your dahlias, here's our guide to successful seasonal bulb planting
- How To Gardening Basics Seasons Jobs To DoDecember 31, 2024Summer is here, and our gardens are flourishing after the growth spurts of spring. Here's what to do, to keep your garden looking good right through autumn - and turn it into the garden of your dreams this year.
- How To Gardening Basics SeasonsDecember 13, 2024Summer is here, which means hot sun and - for some of us - no rain. Here's fifty ways to help your plants through the heatwaves and dry spells, to keep them looking good with as little effort as possible.
- How To Gardening Basics Grasses & Groundcovers Native PlantsOctober 04, 2024What is a grass? How do you plant grasses? Can you plant grasses where you live? What care and maintenance do grasses need? We've got the answers
- Gardening Basics SeasonsJune 20, 2024Why do plants need light? Longer light or stronger light - which is better? Can plants get too much light? Which places get most light? What colour light helps plants to grow? We find out.
- Gardening Basics SeasonsApril 07, 2024What effect does light have on plants? What's a Short Day plant? How does the solstice affect how plants grow and flower? We find out.
- How To Gardening Basics Popular Posts What To Read This Week Growing Natives With SuccessMarch 15, 2024Grafting is the process of attaching the top part of one plant to the roots of another. It's a skilled technique. Here's how it's done
- How To Gardening Basics SoilsFebruary 16, 2024We often recommend you plant your new tubestock in well-drained soil - but what IS well-drained soil? Find out here
- How To Gardening Basics Jobs To DoAugust 16, 2023
Why do we need to prune summer-flowering plants like hydrangea? We want our garden plants to work hard, be healthy, and look their very best - and pruning helps achieve that. Here's how to do it
- Gardening Basics Popular PostsApril 28, 2023What's a weed? Being non-native does not make a plant a weed. And being native doesn't stop a plant being a weed - as we will discover...


















