How to use dried flowers as Christmas decorations
Want to do something different with your decorations this Christmas? Dried flowers make beautiful ornaments, and once you’ve learnt the art of drying flowers, your garden is a storehouse of treasures, ready for your creative ideas. Selecting and picking flowers for drying When picking flowers for drying, choose blooms that are not quite mature, so that they will last [...]
How to care for garden birds in winter
When the weather gets cold, birds need our help. Finding food gets harder, and they need to eat more to stay warm. Providing food and shelter in winter can make all the difference to your garden’s birds. Here are our top tips to help birds get through the winter. What to feed birds in winter Unlike us, birds don’t [...]
8 tips to bring the outdoors inside this Christmas
Why not do something different with your festive decorations this year? With colourful berries, striking seedheads and fabulous foliage, there’s a wealth of material in your garden to make spectacular decorations. We’ve put together our top tips to help you bring the outside indoors this holiday season. Top tips to bring the outdoors inside this Christmas Add a festive [...]
Brighten up your home with Orchids
During winter, brighten up your home with Orchids to add a splash of colour from the tropics on a grey day. Orchids are great plants to grow indoors all year round and are available in so many different colours, sizes, pots and shapes; it means there is one for everyone to enjoy. There are various types of Orchids, and [...]
Plant Skimmia for Winter Interest
It is time to plant Skimmia for winter interest and keep your garden looking full of colour and berries in the cold months of the year. Skimmia is an evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves, bright winter berries and then white flowers in late spring. They give a great deal to each season in the garden and also look [...]
15 garden tips for November
Whether you’re harvesting the last of your summer vegetables, tidying up your borders or planting spring bulbs, there’s plenty to do in the garden in November. Make the most of those clear autumn days with our top 15 November garden jobs. 15 garden tips for November November is the best month to plant tulip bulbs in pots and borders. [...]