Gardening how tos

Brighten up your Christmas table with these natural festive arrangements using evergreens and winter-flowering shrubs. Here's two simple examples to make yourself. Words and styling Bea Andrews

Grower and florist Charlie Ryrie shows how to create handmade Christmas decorations at home using foraged plants and natural materials

Create your own quick natural handmade Christmas decorations with these simple but pretty stars made from twigs and evergreens

Festive ideas and inspiration for stylish Christmas decorations such as baubles and garlands, easily handmade at home using foraged and natural materials from the garden

Learn how to make a homemade Christmas wreath from scratch with our ideas using natural materials including succulents, evergreens and seedheads

Discover how to prune Hydrangea paniculata - expert advice from RHS Bridgewater

Discover the jobs you should be undertaking in the garden this month with the help of garden writer Aaron Bertelsen and head gardener Benjamin Pope

Wisteria needs to be pruned twice a year to keep it in good shape and to ensure abundant flowers. Here's how to do it.

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

In the heatwave, make sure you're watering your plants at the right time of day

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

July is mainly a month of maintenance, of watering, feeding and pruning, as well as a time to pause and take pleasure in your achievements. Here's what to do in the garden this month.

Discover some of the best July flowers and plants including a graceful daylily and a dwarf, claret sunflower

Sissinghurst’s head gardener Troy Scott Smith guides us through the jobs that he and his team do in summer.

Make your garden attractive to vital pollinators with these suggestions of plants that butterflies love

Deadheading means that you're garden will always look its best – and will ensure flowers and nectar for longer. Plant experts John Hoyland and Matthew Biggs explain how to do it.

Discover the easy deadheading technique that is being picked up by head gardeners as a way of saving time and helping the soil

Plant experts Matthew Biggs and John Hoyland explain how to do the 'Hampton Hack' technique and highlight the plants that benefit from it.

Want to know how to make your roses ramble perfectly up a tall obelisk or structure? We have expert tips from garden designer Graham Lloyd Brunt

Garden maker James Horner uses lush foliage and delicate coloured blooms for a fresh container combination at Benton End in Suffolk, the former home of artist-plantsman Cedric Morris

Head gardener Benjamin Pope explains what you should be planting in June.

Loved for their showy spheres, alliums have long been stalwarts of late spring, but now new introductions are extending the party through summer. Our summer-flowering allium grow guide explains the best varieties to grow, how to care for them and where to plant.

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

The Plantlife campaign No Mow May has ended, but how do you protect all the wildlife that has got used to your long grass?