Mike Palmer

Mike Palmer is an RHS trained (Level 3) horticulturalist and gardener and previous Chair of the Garden Media Guild. You can learn more about Mike through his Instagram account @Mike_the gardener or you can listen to his Mike the Gardener - Gardening Podcast which features interviews with popular gardening personalities, garden writers, designers, head gardeners, plant specialists and lots more. Mike is also a writer and columnist for Amateur Gardening magazine.

This is the only type of bamboo you can plant that WON'T wreck your garden

Bamboo has a reputation for being a garden thug, and if you choose the wrong type it definitely is. Here, we recommend some varieties that are safe to plant in gardens.