GardenAdvice Garden Border Design Service
Transforming a garden border into a colourful, vibrant feature is one of the quickest and most effective ways to change the look and feel of your garden. The GardenAdvice Garden Border Design Service has...
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Is Your Compost Killing You
One of the comments that always strikes fear into our hearts at GardenAdvice is when a member or viewer says:“I’ve just bought some bulk compost or soil improver to grow vegetables in my garden.”...
Beth Chatto Style Garden
Beth Chatto Style Gravel Garden: Plant List & Layout A gravel garden inspired by Beth Chatto’s famous Essex garden offers colour, texture and resilience, even in dry summers. By using the principle of ‘right...
Your Own Private One-Day Gardening Course
At GardenAdvice we believe the best way to learn gardening is in your own garden. Our GardenAdvice one-day gardening course is designed to give you the skills, confidence and a tailored plan...
Growing more fruit in a changing climate
Expanding Fruit Choices in UK Gardens as the Climate Warms In recent years, the GardenAdvice team has noticed something exciting – climate change in the UK is allowing gardeners to grow a much wider...
Our Favourite Bulbs for Autumn Planting
Crocus bulb flowers Here’s how to create a succession of spring colours by choosing bulbs that flower from late winter through late spring. Early Spring Colour (February – March) Mid-Spring Colour (March – April)...
From Design to Daily Joy
Helping New Garden Owners Thrive: Amma’s Central London Garden Journey with GardenAdvice At GardenAdvice, we’re often called in to support new garden owners like Amma, who recently had a beautiful garden created in central...
Coco Coir Compost vs. John Innes Composts
Background – Why Potting Media Recipes Have Changed John Innes compost is not a brand but a set of soil-based compost recipes developed in the 1930s at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. These mixes,...
Preparing for winter colour in the garden
Whitch hazel flower Fragrance in the Cold: Winter‑Flowering & Scented Plants for UK Gardens (November – March) Winter in Britain doesn’t have to be a horticultural hibernation. With a well‑chosen palette of bulbs, perennials and shrubs,...
The Changing UK Climate And Your Garden Plants
Daylilies (Hemerocallis) responding well to Uk climate change How the Changing UK Climate is Benefiting (and Challenging) Garden Plants Over the past few years, the UK’s shifting climate patterns—characterised by warmer summers, milder winters,...
