If you love gardening, our magazine will inspire you. It's a real magazine, not just a newsletter, and it's packed full of interesting articles written by professional gardening journalists. It's totally free and arrives once a month by email. Here is a selection of recent articles.
Did you know that getting your hands dirty can be good for you in more ways than one? As well as boosting our mental and physical health, gardening and coming...
For Will Cronin, gardens have never just been a job. They have been a lifelong calling shaped by a love of the outdoors, a deep personal ethos, and a passion...
Peat-free composts are now widely available in garden centres and shops, with more and more gardeners moving to this kind of growing media. Peat-free is better for the environment, helping...
Plant dahlias Dahlia tubers can be planted up now to start them into growth. The safest way to do this to avoid damage from slugs or late frosts is to...
More and more bees are on the wing this month and bumblebees are among the most distinctive. The queens emerge in spring to feed on nectar and pollen to get...
For a long time this plant was known as Dicentra - now it’s been renamed Lamprocapnos spectabilis. In any case its common name is ‘bleeding heart’, which is much easier...
It’s that time of year when you can step outside wearing a thick jacket, woolly hat and gloves and half an hour later you’ll be standing there in a T-shirt,...
Horticulture has always evolved alongside the people who share it. Today, some of the most influential gardeners are not found behind historic estate walls or on show garden podiums, but...
Have you noticed an increase in birdsong yet? By mid-March lots of our garden birds will have warmed up their vocal chords, ready for the dawn chorus to get going...
Revive your lawn You can start mowing your lawn again if the weather conditions are agreeable; once it’s around 7cm high, choose a dry day and keep blades high to...
If you have fruit trees in your garden, the chances are you may be attracting a bonnie bird with an appetite for blossom buds! Bullfinches are shy but striking -...
Corylus, or hazel, is a versatile, long-lived and wildlife-friendly tree, providing year-round interest. During this month, long, yellow catkins are hanging from hazel branches, like little lanterns in our gardens...
Gardeners usually spend a lot of time, energy and money trying to prevent pests from attacking their plants. However there’s a method of pest control which aims to attract those...
If you’re already making holiday plans for this year, or you’re concerned about a repeat of last year’s prolonged dry spells, consider investing in some gadgets to take the worry...
Wool isn’t just for cosy jumpers at this time of year - it’s also very useful in the garden. Versatile and abundant, wool is increasingly being used in various forms...
If your houseplants are looking a bit worse for wear after a long winter blasted by cold draughts and central heating, consider investing in an AI-powered green gadget to help...
One of the cheeriest sights to keep you going until the light finally shifts and the darkest days of winter are behind us is surely the sight of a selection...
It’s not just green spaces which can improve our mental health and wellbeing - blue spaces are proven to have similar beneficial effects. Being close to water, with its calming...
In a world where speed, scale and imports dominate the flower industry, Ben Cross has chosen a different path; one rooted in heritage, sustainability and an unwavering belief that British...
Sow sweet peas It’s never too early to sow sweet peas - those started in autumn or winter are generally stronger and flower earlier than spring-sown, but you do need...
You might be casually looking out of the kitchen window, cup of tea in hand, surveying the borders and pondering what should go in that gap by the magnolia…when suddenly...
