Spring Gardening

Hostas are a gardener’s favourite for their lush foliage, huge ribbed leaves and ability to thrive in shady areas of UK gardens. Hostas adds texture and interest to any shady garden flower bed with their varied leaf shapes, sizes, and colours and are great for beginner gardeners. Known for their love of shade and damp […]

The grow your own movement has really taken off over the past decade here in the UK, along with No Dig gardening. You only have to look online to see Instagrammers and social media full of grow-your-own tips. After all, who doesn’t want to be able to grow the food that they put on their […]

Updated 2024: Understanding how to prune hydrangeas is key to ensuring fantastic flowers on your hydrangea shrubs. Hydrangeas give a real show of huge flowers for months during the summer. Their flowers can then be left in situ, fading from their vibrant early summer colours into translucent winter flower heads. The hydrangea is the true […]

Gardeners are a patient group. After sowing seeds, you need to wait and let Mother Nature take over. Constantly tapping your toes, staring longingly at those seed trays for signs of life waiting for seed germination. For some annuals, it’s relatively fast, maybe a week, yet for other herbaceous beauties, they make you wait even […]

Ethical gardeners, like the Garden Ninja community, do as little harm as possible to the environment and, hopefully, make things better as we work with Mother Nature. However, during our gardening practices, we often have to buy things to help us grow, particularly compost for planting seedlings, growing vegetables or container gardening. But did you […]

When it comes to gardening in the United Kingdom, we often find ourselves battling unpredictable weather, with rain being a common occurrence. Coupled with the fact that most newly built gardens and plots come with heavy moisture-retentive, claggy clay soil, choosing wet soil plants can be a nightmare for gardeners. Sometimes, it’s a case of […]

In today’s digital age, buying plants online has become a convenient way for gardening enthusiasts to expand their plant collection. Whether it’s buying plants on your phone during your lunch hour or searching Google for that rare specimen plant you can’t find in garden centres. Online plant buying is here to stay and part of […]

It can be highly frustrating when trying to create a garden when the plants you choose struggle, look limp or fail to live up to your expectations. We have all been there trying to grow plants that no matter how much love we give them, they struggle for a while and then end up dying. […]

Planting trees is a powerful solution in a world grappling with environmental challenges such as rising temperatures, droughts, heat waves and extreme weather. Knowing how to plant a tree play a vital role in mitigating climate change, improving air quality, conserving water, and providing habitat for countless wildlife species. If you’re passionate about positively impacting […]

Updated March 2026: So you’ve got your ticket in hand for the Chelsea Flower Show and are giddy with excitement. You can’t wait to see what’s on offer. This complete beginner’s guide covers everything from the show’s history and how to buy tickets, to insider tips from someone who has actually exhibited there. Let me […]