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Ula Maria garden

Creating a private garden

Greenfinch on feeder © Vidar Nordli-Mathisen

How to create a safer garden for birds

Coppicing hazels

Why coppicing makes sense

Pruning roses

A guide to pruning roses

Echinacea 'Aloha'

The best plants for July

Gardening jobs for July

July gardening jobs

best climbing plants for gardens - Solanum crispum album

30 of the best climbing plants for 2022

A garden arbour

How to make a garden arbour and tunnel using natural materials

Photo showing the large purple flowers of a buddleia tree growing in the wild (Latin name: Buddleja davidii). This is also known as a 'butterfly bush', as the extremely fragrant flowers are often covered in colourful peacock butterflies.

The best way to prune shrubs

Dahlia

Pruning perennial flowers and grasses

The best wood for wood burning stoves: Cherry wood

The best wood for burning on wood burning stoves and fires

If you follow a strict pruning regime for your wisteria, you will be rewarded with showy pendant racemes of fragrant flowers.

How to prune climbing plants

How to cut when you prune

The principles of pruning

Mulching and foliar

What is foliar spray and how do you make it?

Handful of compost with earthworms, used for mulching

What is mulching and how to mulch