Garden Journal

"A Chat Over the Fence: The beer trap backfire"
"A Chat Over the Fence: The beer trap backfire"
If slugs are currently decimating your balcony plants, the internet will tell you to set up a beer trap. Honestly, it sounds like a win win. The slugs die happy,... Read more...
A Chat Over the Fence: Turn your patio or garden into the most delicious room in the house
A Chat Over the Fence: Turn your patio or garden into the most delicious room in the house
You do not need an acre of land to be a gardener. Whether you have a windowsill, a balcony, or a patio the size of a postage stamp, here is... Read more...
From the Nursery Floor: Why British plant biosecurity is quietly world class
From the Nursery Floor: Why British plant biosecurity is quietly world class
The UK is quietly one of the strictest nations on earth when it comes to plant biosecurity — and almost nobody talks about it. Here is what really happens before... Read more...
A Chat Over the Fence: Why your new plants keep dying
A Chat Over the Fence: Why your new plants keep dying
You bought a healthy plant. The garden centre did everything right. So why is it dying? The answer is probably in the bag of compost you used — and it... Read more...
A native Buff-Tailed Bumblebee foraging on pink flowers in a British garden
A Chat Over the Fence: The Silver Lining
  The Problem We Created Ourselves Let's be perfectly honest about the history of British gardening: for decades, we were far more reckless with the spray bottle than commercial farmers... Read more...
"Man using loppers to prune a tree branch in a UK garden"
Garden Cutting Tool Guide: Which Tool for Which Job?
  Garden Cutting Tool Guide: Which Tool for Which Job? Have you ever stood in front of a garden tool display, staring at five different types of cutting tool and... Read more...