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How to plant a terrarium

Greenfinch on feeder © Vidar Nordli-Mathisen

How to create a safer garden for birds

Learn how to lay a hedge using traditional craftsmanship and hedge laying skills.

How to lay a hedge

Hedge cutting

How to trim hedges

Agata Wierzbicka's illustration of a Dragon Plant

Houseplants Dragon plants are ideal for beginners

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Make your own seed envelope

Phlebodium aureum or fern

Houseplants How to look after the blue star fern

Box caterpillar

Box caterpillar: what is box caterpillar, and how to deal with it

Box blight

Box blight: how to spot and treat box blight

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Ideas for decorating the table for Christmas

A series of oversized, clipped yews march out from the south-facing terrace and stand guard over the rose garden. Their outline is echoed in the trees beyond, helping to anchor the garden within its setting.

How to prune yew this winter

Fagus Sylvatica (Common beech)

How to identify beech trees

House plants under light in winter

House plants How not to kill your indoor plants this winter

Collecting leaves with rake

Winter gardening jobs

Cutting back Miscanthus

Cutting back ornamental grasses