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Gardening advice

4 October 2024

  • Seedlings growing in pots

    Change by degrees
    Spring zing: how to beautify your garden more sustainably after winter

    First look at what you’ve already got – what might seem like waste can be a resource – then get your soil into shape. And a worm farm can work wonders
  • Devil's Tongue Barrel (Ferocactus latispinus)

    Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: devil’s tongue barrel

    This eye-catching cactus will bring a touch of the wild west to a sunny windowsill
  • woman planting a heuchera in a bed

    Plant a new flowerbed now and everything will look rosy by spring

    Plan your layout, choose hardy perennials and stick to a colour scheme for a cohesive look that will come into its own next year

September 2024

  • Brightly coloured flowers growing from the grass

    Flower show: the best bulbs to plant this autumn for a blooming good spring

  • runner beans seeds inn pods and a bowl

    Saving seeds from your garden is more satisfying than buying them in packets. Here’s how to do it

  • low sun on late blooms and seedheads around lawn

    I love gazing at my garden as summer melds into autumn. Then I start to plan

  • Large weeping fig in black pot

    Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: weeping fig

  • Allan Jenkins on gardening
    And so farewell, it’s time to say goodbye to my gardening column

  • Absolutely wasted: the inner-city garden using food scraps to create top grade soil

  • Allan Jenkins on gardening
    The tail end of summer brings tales of harvest

  • Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: penwiper plant

  • Preserve, pickle, freeze, ferment: how to capture your garden’s summer harvest

  • Allan Jenkins on gardening
    There’s time to savour the long summer at a family gathering

August 2024

  • Tassle fern in terracotta pot

    Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: tassel fern

  • Pink and white ‘China town’ tulips.

    Yes, it’s weird to talk tulips in summer – but early bulb planning will pay dividends come spring

  • A wasp by a honeycomb

    Ouch! Yes, wasps sting, but they are as important to gardens as honeybees

  • Diyora Shadijanova

    The first summer I …
    Getting an allotment totally changed my summer – and radically altered my relationship with food

    Diyora Shadijanova

  • Meet my accidental garden hero, the defiant but unassuming verbascum

  • Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: footstool palm

  • Allan Jenkins on gardening
    Community, chores and colour – the best of summer on an allotment

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