The tools I use to cut my grass for the first time, then all summer long

A run through of what I use in my own garden for feeding your plants and your lawns

Ah, the lawn. It's more than just grass, isn't it? It’s the heart of the garden, the canvas on which we paint our outdoor memories.

Mulching is one of the most important things you'll ever do in the garden, so what is it?

Now that winter is here, it’s important to look after the birds in our gardens over the next few months to keep them fed and happy as the...

Soil is the most important thing you have in your garden. It is what gives life to your plants and what sustains them, it provides food,...

A few years ago we had the privilege of designing and creating a garden at The RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the children’s charity, the...

I just wanted to add a few tips on practical propagation. Let’s face it to some people plant propagation sounds really scary and...

In general, you can plant trees and shrubs all year round as long as the soil isn’t frozen, covered with snow or waterlogged. Bear in...

SOME people can be a bit snobby about bedding plants, but I must confess that I absolutely love them. For me, they are instant colour....

Tulips are one of my most favourite flowers. They are truly an amazing bulb, each one a guaranteed promise of a spectacular flower in the...

Here we are at the start of the year, we can almost smell spring in the air and with these recent mild temperatures the grass is starting...

February can be a funny old month in the garden, winter is starting to draw to a close but spring still hasn’t quite got started. It can...

Well here we are, the bright lights and festivities of Christmas have passed, January seems to have gone on forever ever, and as I write...

For me especially as I suffer from seasonal affective disorder houseplants are the lifesaver that get me through from autumn until the...