In The PlayroomArticle
Outdoor tile used to be one of the quieter decisions in a garden project. Pick something durable, keep the colour reasonably neutral and let the planting and furniture provide the personality. Design-led gardens have changed
The Middle-Sized GardenArticle
8 peaceful Chinese garden design ideas for your backyard: framing views, moongates, water, rocks, paths and simple planting.
My Windy Garden | UK Gardening VlogArticle
An end of September garden tour in West Sussex as summer turns to autumn. Roses flowering again, dahlias at their best, powdery mildew on the verbena, tomatoes and cucumbers still cropping in my 15m2 kitchen garden, Conference pears picked, and My
Modernist PilgrimageArticle
I’ve written before about Ernő Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower, which I visited during Open House in 2015, and Balfron Tower, which I encountered on an RIBA architecture walking tour in 2019 so it seem…
The 3 GrowbagsArticle
In September, overgrown shrubs and floppy roses entice you into dusting off the pruners and tackling some of the undergrowth....
The 3 GrowbagsArticle
Here's a shrub with soft blue flowers appearing in late summer and autumn which never fails to pull its weight at this time of the year....
The Middle-Sized GardenArticle
Create a climate resilient garden without having to start again- how to adapt your planting, watering and mulching to weather extremes.
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September gardening includes giving the grass some TLC, planting spring bulbs and beginning your leaf-mould campaign...
Stacey in the SticksArticle
How To Make the Perfect DIY Reading Nook for Cosy Autumn Evenings
My Windy Garden | UK Gardening VlogArticle
Another big September tomato harvest from my 15m2 kitchen garden in Chichester, West Sussex. Picking after the rain, cutting down the last three Small Sugar pumpkins, an enormous Femspot cucumber, honest notes on which tomato varieties earned their
The 3 GrowbagsArticle
What brings your garden scene together is the hard landscaping, and today we 3Growbags are going to chat about how we handle this subject..
The 3 GrowbagsArticle
Solanum laxum 'Album' AGM is a marvellous climber for semi-shade with its dark green glossy leaves as the perfect foil for snow-white flowers
The Middle-Sized GardenArticle
Don't clear away dead wood in your garden! Re-use it to make it more interesting and wildlife friendly with these ideas from John Little.
My Windy Garden | UK Gardening VlogArticle
An end of August harvest from my 15m2 kitchen garden in Chichester, West Sussex. Trays of tomatoes, giant cucumbers, two marrows, a tray of beans and five pumpkins from one plant, all picked before the rain arrived.
The 3 GrowbagsArticle
My early autumn jobs include some considered tidying, a little rose-care and tending Amaryllis bulbs among other tasks……
My Windy Garden | UK Gardening VlogArticle
An end of August garden tour around my windy garden in Chichester, West Sussex, after a hot and very dry summer. Freshly painted decking, potted fruit trees, roses, floppy dahlias and one very generous blueberry.
My Windy Garden | UK Gardening VlogArticle
Lifting Charlotte and King Edward potatoes from my 15m2 kitchen garden in Chichester, West Sussex, after a very dry summer. My biggest potato harvest so far, plus an uninvited digger under the bed.
The 3 GrowbagsArticle
For plant sharing to be a rewarding experience for both giver and receiver there are a few pitfalls to avoid............
The 3 GrowbagsArticle
This hardy, succulent perennial is clump forming, and its stems are so densely packed that there is little room left for interlopers.
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Here are some end-of-summer tasks to tackle such as pruning lavender, sowing hardy annuals and noting some changes needed for next year....