Gardening advice
Expert gardening advice for designing and planting in your garden
How to grow your best-ever tomatoes this year
Whatever type of tomato you're planning on growing this year, here's our expert advice on how to get your best harvest yet
Everything you need to know about tulip fire
Tulip fire is a fungal disease that can affect tulips. Here's expert advice on how to identify it, and what to do if you find it in your garden
Watch: How to prune or pollard a smokebush
Discover how to pollard or prune a smoke bush hard in spring in our easy step by step video, to keep it a good size for the garden and so it produces beautiful foliage
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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
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Meet the gardener who trains roses into imaginative 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.
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
The internet says houseplants beat condensation and mould. We asked the actual experts
The internet is awash with advice on house plants beating mould. But are the claims actually true?
Think you can't plant anything in February? Here's what you can sow and plant out this month
Head gardener Benjamin Pope and vegetable gardener Aaron Bertselsen offers their suggestions for the best things to plant in pots and beyond this month
Jobs for the garden in February - get these key tasks done this month before spring arrives
While February offers gardeners the opportunity for a well-earned rest there are still seed potatoes to order and salad seeds to sow before the onset of spring
Advice for big gardens
5 expert design tips for creating a natural swimming pond in your garden
Expert natural swimming pond designer Sarah Murch explains her top tips on how to create a pool you'll love
Should you get a second hand greenhouse? I got one and regretted it - here's why
There's a big market for second hand greenhouses, but is it worth the bother? Here's everything you need to know about getting one
Wondering what jobs to get done this summer? Let Sissinghurst's expert head gardener guide you
Sissinghurst’s head gardener Troy Scott Smith guides us through the jobs that he and his team do in summer.
Advice for dry gardens
Get help for planting and ideas for your dry garden
Is the UK facing drought, and what does that mean for how we garden?
With England seeing drier and drier summers, we investigate the impact of a potential national drought being declared and what this would mean for our gardens
You are going to need these plant combinations and tips from an expert Spanish designer who knows how to garden in intense heat and no rain
Spanish designer Fernando Martos explains why he combines the beauty of Spain's arid landscape with English planting ideas in his dry garden designs. If we're considering climate change, his approach could be a useful one for us to take note of
Gardening in a heatwave - here's how to look after your lawn and water efficiently in soaring temperatures
As the hot weather in the UK continues, we ask three horticultural experts of the realities of drought on gardens and how we should be adapting the way we garden to hotter, drier conditions in the summer, and wetter, warmer conditions in the winter
Gardening how tos
Wondering exactly how to do something in the garden? Discover our gardening guides
The ultimate list of gardening jobs to get done in March: 18 tasks chosen by experts
It's spring fever in the garden and we've gathered together advice from four expert gardeners on the best jobs for March.
Myth buster | Do you really need to mist your house plants?
We are often advised to mist our houseplants. But is it really necessary?
This dreaded pest can destroy whole gardens in days. This is how to stop them
The box caterpillar, or box tree caterpillar, can devastate box plants in a matter of days. Here's how to deal with it.
Low maintenance gardens
Our guide to finding the easiest ways of gardening
Spend less time and effort gardening with these pro gardener hacks for a beautiful low-maintenance space
Love gardening but short on time, or looking for ways to make your garden easier to manage? We’ve got smart tips from the experts on how to have a lovely garden with less work
The skiver’s list of top easy-to-grow, low to no-maintenance plants for time-poor and lazy gardeners
Want a lovely garden full of beautiful plants but not to have to spend lots of time growing, pruning, watering and mollycoddling them? These are the best low-care plants if you don’t have time for (or interest in) gardening
8 super quick and easy cheats to make your garden look good in time for this weekend
Have friends coming over or got an outdoor event planned? Here are a few simple ideas to swiftly spruce up your garden
Advice for shady gardens
Get help for your shady garden
Want to stop your veg from being munched? Planting these flowers nearby could save it from bugs and slugs
Ever wondered how companion planting might help your vegetables and deter pests? Here expert grower Matthew Biggs breaks down the companion planting myths and explains how the system works
Put down the plant feed: turns out fertilisers lead to less blooms and butterflies in your garden
A new study suggests links between fertilisers and a decline in wildflowers and pollinators. So why, asks Jo Kirby, are we still using them in our gardens?
6 big changes to how we’ll be gardening in the future, by one of Britain’s top head gardeners
Sissinghurst head gardener Troy Scott Smith shares the big changes he is making in how he gardens in response to climate change
Sunny gardens
When to water plants in hot weather
In the heatwave, make sure you're watering your plants at the right time of day
Want a stunning summer border? Here are four beautiful flower combinations with lots of wow-factor that you can plant in your garden
Four plant combinations to add colour and drama to your summer borders with inspiration from Malverleys head gardener Mat Reese
The best peonies for your garden: beautiful blooms that are easy to grow
Nursery owner Claire Austin grows over 100 different herbaceous peonies in her garden and trials field to find the very best
Advice for wet gardens
Get help for your wet garden
How to plant a water lily in a pond - an expert guide to planting water lilies successfully
Tim Stretton, head of gardens at Mounton House, offers expert advice on the best way to plant or replant a water lily in water
How to protect grass seed from birds
Head gardener Troy Scott Smith explains his tips and tricks on sowing grass seed in a way that the birds won't eat
What does 'organic' actually mean? We break down the confusing terms and see if it's possible to garden organically
Organic is a word used a lot in the gardening and farming world these days, and many people are trying to 'go organic'. But what does organic actually mean? It isn't as simple as you think