Notes from the Garden
Here you’ll find heaps of inspiration, tips, techniques and comprehensive guides to help you make the most of your outside space.
Plant guide: apple trees
How to plant and care for apple trees, tips to keep your trees healthy and fruiting well…
Growing an edible hedge
Growing fruit trees as an edible hedge, tips and advice from our garden
How to weed
How to remove weeds from the garden - an overview of the best ways
Five favourites: trees for Autumn interest
Five of our favourite trees for Autumn interest, perfect to plant in your garden
How to build a wildlife pond
Tips and advice for building a pond and bringing wildlife to the garden
Our garden on Gardener's World
When Gardener’s World came to film Victoria Wade’s garden in Swansea
How to take cuttings
How to take cuttings and grow new plants — an easy guide
Plant guide: aquilegia
Aquilegia plant guide: all the information you need to grow happy, healthy plants
Essential gardening tools
A run down of our most essential gardening tools; when and how to use them
How to: plant out container grown plants
A guide to the best ways to plant out container grown plants to your garden
Five favourites: slug and snail resistant plants
Five of our favourite plants that are slug and snail resistant (plus some bonus extra ones too!)
How to protect plants from slugs and snails
Our top natural, no chemical ways to deter slugs and snails from making a feast of your plants…
Plant guide : Alchemilla mollis
Alchemilla mollis plant guide, with all the information you need to grow a happy plant
Recipe: butternut squash and blue cheese salad with pine nuts
An easy recipe for squash and blue cheese salad with pine nuts, perfect as a side dish for a BBQ
Planning an outdoor kitchen
What you need to think about to plan the perfect outdoor kitchen
No Mow May
Our top suggestions and tips for fun activities you can do with kids in the garden
Creating a coronation container
All about our coronation container, planted at the RHS garden in Blaenavon
Recipe: colourful homegrown slaw
A super quick and easy recipe for a colourful slaw that you can make with homegrown veg
Gardening with kids
Our top suggestions and tips for fun activities you can do with kids in the garden
How to: prick out and pot on seedlings
A guide to the difference between pricking out and potting on seedlings, when to do which and how to do it.
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