Garden design

Plant hardiness rating

Plant hardiness zone ratings explained

An illustration of the soil food chain from organic matter and bacteria to animals

What is soil?

best climbing plants for gardens - Solanum crispum album

30 of the best climbing plants for 2023

Vita Sackville-West

Inspiring female garden designers in British history

A small copper butterfly taking a drink of nectar from a thistle head flower, summer days.

How to attract wildlife into the garden

Seed sowing

The best places to buy seeds online

Clematis montana Group 'Freda'

Clematis montana: how to grow and prune, plus the best varieties

Bespoke Victorian Lodge with double porch, best porch greenhouses, best victorian greenhouses

Garden Equipment

17 Victorian greenhouses and porch glasshouses

Bird on water trough at Yeo Valley Organic Garden

How not to lose nature from your garden

Training roses into trees

How to train roses into creative sculptures

Peacock Trellis

Garden Equipment

The best climbing plant supports for 2023

Crab apple Malus Evereste

The best crab apple trees for colour and form

Garden designer Sarah Price spring border plan

Garden border ideas Spring border: a planting plan by designer Sarah Price

Charlotte Molesworth in her garden at Balmoral Cottage.

Garden ideas on a budget

An illustration showing the plants used in a bold design for a late summer border by gardener Andrea Brusendorf

Late summer planting plan using tried and tested plants