Gardens

Gardening and landscape design ideas to help you make the most of your outdoor living space.

Gardening

Alan Titchmarsh on the simple garden jobs to do in June to give your plants a second flush

Keep your garden blooming all summer long with these essential jobs to do now from the TV presenter and other top gardening experts.

Gardening

How to grow courgettes – with tips from a National Trust kitchen gardener

We explain how to grow courgettes and get the most out of your harvest.

Gardening

The best scented roses to bring fragrance to your garden

Whether its climbing, shrub, hedging or hybrid, we've got the best scented roses for your garden, with expert advice on how to care for them.

Gardening

What kind of lavender is best for your garden?

Get our expert’s tips on the best lavender plants and how to look after them

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How to keep slugs out of the garden

We’ve got 11 ways to prevent your plants being eaten by slugs.

Raised bed gardens can provide easier access to planting jobs | Shutterstock/Daisy Daisy

Gardening

Raised bed garden ideas for easy access to plants

Our raised bed garden ideas can transform tight spaces, soften courtyards and break up sprawling lawns, making plants easier to access and care for.

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Colourful winter bedding plant ideas

Nine of the best winter-flowering bedding plants to add colour and cheer to your garden.

Gardening

The best winter-flowering perennials for colour and scent

Our expert's choice of the best shrubs and perennial flowers to give your winter garden colour and fragrance.

Gardening

What to do when daffodils finish flowering? with a tip from Alan Titchmarsh

The right after-care will help daffodils’ yellow trumpets return triumphantly next year.

Gardening

When and how to harvest rhubarb, with tips from Monty Don

There’s a right way to pick rhubarb, and a right time to do it.

Gardening

When and how to prune plum trees

Why spring is the best time to start pruning your plum tree - and 3 pruning mistakes not to make.

Gardening

Wimbledon's head gardener shares his planting tips

If you love the beautiful planting on display at this year's Wimbledon, check out these 'ace' tips from head gardener Martyn Falconer

Gardens

12 ways you could be breaking the law in your garden

The ways you could be breaking the law in your back garden - with expert advice on how to avoid neighbour disputes, a fine or even a prosecution.

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Trees to attract wildlife

Our top 10 trees to bring birds and other wildlife to your garden - no matter how small the space.

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