Gardening

Hibiscus china rose

Plants with huge, saucer-shaped blooms
Normally at this time of the year I am enjoying the sun of Madeira, that wonderful semi-tropical island off the west coast of Africa. But not this April, so the...

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Tom Clarke, 24, from Whitby is believed to be the youngest ever designer to do two gardens at consecutive Chelsea Flower Shows. This year he's designing a garden sponsored by Children with Cancer UK 'A Place to be' a Show Garden for the new Raines Retreat near Pickering. Photograph by Tony Johnson.

Meet Tom Clarke from Whitby believed to be the youngest garden designer to take ...

Gtech's HeatWave patio heater is on sale for an absolutely amazing price - just in time for the summer

Gtech patio heater now £39.99 – perfect for spring and summer

Close-up of a beautiful blooming pink Camellia japonica (also known as common camellia or Japanese camellia) 'Palazzo Tursi', a flowering tree or shrub.

Climbers that won't get left in the shade

(Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Lidl will let shoppers reserve middle aisle items - including a robot

A single allium.

The bulbs ready to light up the garden

Find the right wheelbarrow for your needs this season

Best wheelbarrows for every task – classic, lightweight & trolleys

hellebore

The plants that defy the cold months

PEACE AND GOODWILL: Spathiphyllum in flower.

One of Britain’s best-loved yet most neglected houseplants

Spring cyclamen flowers, Cyclamen persicum, Cyclamen hederifolium blooming in pot.

Plants that you won’t lose sleep over

SEEING RED: Maple leaves still clothe the ground in February.

What needs doing in the garden after the storms

Alan Titchmarsh, gardener, broadcaster, TV presenter and patron of Horticap

Alan Titchmarsh 'thrilled' after getting CBE in New Year Honours list

Hippeastrum

Why it's never too early to get back into the garden over the festive period

New podcast, 'Wise Words', caters exclusively for retirees - presented by David Hamilton

Over-65 spends less than an hour a day talking to other people

‘Seeds of Change’ has been launched by HMPPS as part of a new recruitment drive that encourages people to combine their passion with their career for something more fulfilling

Community Payback roles are open to outdoorsy and garden-loving people

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Gardening: Time to get planting the spring bulbs

Dobbies garden centre closing stores across UK in bid to cut costs.

Garden centre chain closing stores across UK

Colleague and resident from Priory Garden at garden centre

Pontefract care home participates in HC-One’s annual Gardens in Bloom competitio...

Online writing as a hobby

Embrace your 50s: expert-approved hobbies to boost well-being

A poll of 2,000 adults revealed the quirkier strategies those who garden adopt to help their plants grow - including throwing teabags onto the soil

Here are the unusual hacks people use to help gardens thrive
The most unusual hacks people use to help their gardens thrive include using bones as fertilisers, destroying fungus with cinnamon – and singing to their plants.
Lucy Brimble

Silverwood Care Home resident gardening

Rotherham care home participates in HC-One’s annual Gardens in Bloom competition

Poppy's Potting Shed: Leeds business closes blaming rising rent

Creepy garden hack: Watch as horde of slugs drown in BEER

Creepy garden hack: Watch as horde of slugs drown in BEER

Man’s homemade rooftop garden ordered demolition by council.

Watch: Man’s homemade rooftop garden ordered demolition by council

Grace Hills, 36, transformed her street from a 'neglected patch of urban land' into a colourful wildflowers.

I filled my street with wildflowers to attract bees

Gardeners wanting to create an idyllic space for Summer can find savings on tools

Gardening Amazon Prime Day deals includes high-rated patio tool

Zinnia at Beardsworths Nurseries in Cleckheaton. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Best garden centres in Yorkshire where you can buy plants according to you

Vanessa Cook - an inspiring 80-year-old with a lifetime of expertise in horticulture - put to amazing use in her four-acre gardens near York, Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens. Her garden nursery celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Picture Bruce Rollinson

The magnificent Yorkshire gardens which have had a lifetime of tender care

Gardener, 80-year-old Vanessa Cook

Go Wild at Wildlife Open Day

Amusing moment Tyla Shellard, 21, falls from an ivy branch whilst helping to clear a friends garden in Cardiff ready for summer, May 21 2024.

Watch: Man drops 8ft after ripping off an ivy branch in gardening fail

Peter Fawcett in front of begonias, taken by his wife Áine.

'Unsung heroes': Yorkshireman's book champions gardeners
It all started as a boy, when in 1957, Peter Fawcett spotted the “vibrant” red colours of a coleus in Cleckheaton open market.The plant was supposed to cost one shilling and two pence, but young Peter only had nine pence left out of his pocket money.
John Blow

Gardening can help people unwind and de-stress

Ad Feature Five essential garden gadgets for newbies

Alan Titchmarsh. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Common sense tells us it’s a terrible idea to build on flood plains, says Yorksh...

Alan Titchmarsh. Photo: PA.

Gardening can help people living with Alzheimer's says Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh at the first day at the 2017 RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. Picture by Scott Merrylees

Alan Titchmarsh says children need to spend more time out of the classroom

OASIS OF BEAUTY: Breezy Knees gardens at Warthill, near York.

How a couple turned farmland into one of Yorkshire's finest flower gardens

RHAPSODY IN BLUE: Agapanthus is known as the lily of the Nile.

Gardening: Agapanthus - the look of love

Living the Dream: Gardening or traffic jams?

Susan and her dog, Tessa, in the garden that she designed and planted

The lone arranger: Yorkshire florist Susan Dobson turns her home and garden into...

Rosa Nguyen, Gardening With William Morris.

Art of the inspiration

Miami solar lanterns, Â£7.99 each, Lights4fun.co.uk

Kitchens, firepits and water features are garden must-haves

SOLID GOLD: Alyssum is a favourite
choice for rockeries and sunny walls.

Gardening: Blazing a trail

Doncaster-based Walkers Nurseries created this garden from an old industrial wharf

Industrial ruin blooms at Chelsea

WILD THING: The scent of onions and a sea of white flowers.

Gardening: Go wild for garlic

SPRING SHOW: Leave daffodil leaves alone for six weeks after the flowers die off.

Gardening: A knotty problem

SPRING SENSATION: A mature pieris.

Gardening: Stalwarts and all

IN THE PINK: Spring likes to make the most of camellias and their peony-like flowers.

Gardening: Meet my Debbie

PLUM LINE: The purple-leaved plum has found a place in the hearts of many gardeners.

Gardening: Brightness falls

IN THE PINK: Viburnum tinus Eve Price is now a mainstay of many British gardens.

Gardening: Adam and Eve it

SOMETHING SPECIAL: Hellebores have so much to offer the garden.

Gardening: Cold comforts

WINTER WONDER: Senecio is proving to be more than just a star of summer.

Gardening: The tough get going

WEIGHT WATCHING: Clear vulnerable tree branches of accumulations of snow.

Keep fit in the garden and save on gym fees

Harlow Carr tells the story of gardening behind enemy lines

RICH PICKINGS: Rowans are heavy with berries as nature prepares for winter.

Gardening: Berried treasure

AUTUMN SHOW: Rudbeckia produce a wonderful late burst of yellow and orange.

Gardening: Brightness falls

MATCH STICKS: Rhubarb crowns are best planted in the spring or autumn.

Gardening: Stick with it

PRETTY TOUGH: Sedum sediforme Gold.

Gardening: Golden wonder

TULIP TIME: Very fashionable of late are the fringed tulips.

Gardening: Cups that cheer

Gardening: Visiting times

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