You only get one chance to make a first impression. This is especially true for businesses; whether it’s a pub, hotel, or restaurant, you want to ensure that your visitors get a warm welcome upon arrival. Hanging baskets are...
When choosing a hotel to stay in, we usually look at its star rating, reviews, what the rooms look like and which facilities are on offer. Another feature which often plays a big part in the selection process however,...
They’ve broken the banks of poor puns in media headlines (see above) and ruined Christmas for swathes of the general public –and floods haven’t done horticulture much good, either. Amidst claims of poor flood defences after budget cuts, Storm...
There are insects in your flower patch, rabbits burrowing around your bushes and birds pecking hungrily at the grass. And it’s all the sign of a well-maintained garden. Or at least, it’s the sign of a garden maintained in...
Fazed by a fuschia? Here’s the solution! Your kids are glued to their Xboxes, bedazzled by Bejewelled and entranced by Adventure Time – and they’re not heading anywhere near the great outdoors. The same kids who could list all 150...
You long for the flitter-flutter of butterfly wings and the gentle buzz of bees creating honey. You want to see birds flock to your garden like a Hitchcock flick and cats prowl the premises with ginger movements and contented...
The fresh summer air, the pollen toing and froing around you as the smell of freshly cut grass tickles your nostrils – there are few better feelings than pottering around your garden. And your green fingers could even be...
Are you a horticultural champ or a chump? That’s the question that’s been asked on BBC Two’s The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge all this month. Sorting the floral wunderkinds from the weed-ridden wasters, a panel of green fingered experts...
We all love our gardens to be an uninhibited space. We amble, we prune and, with the gentle potting of plants, we suddenly feel free. But some people on this green earth let everything hang out while they water...
More variable and sometimes extreme weather conditions in the UK are some of the expected effects of global climate change. This year alone, we have seen heat waves followed by snowstorms! This changeable climate makes caring for garden plants a...