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...
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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,...
Working Together: Restoring and Learning about your garden
Restoring a Lost Garden: Bringing a 1970s Gem Back to Life in North Sidcup One of the GardenAdvice Team’s most rewarding – and challenging – tasks is restoring long-neglected gardens that were once much-loved...
AI Agent from GardenAdvice Boosts Crop Yields and Cuts Water Use
Garden Pea Crop In late March, GardenAdvice launched a groundbreaking new AI agent designed to assist home gardeners in growing vegetables more efficiently and sustainably. Following several months of live beta testing in private...
Grow Veg and Fruit Live better
Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg and Live Longer and Happier It might sound like a strange title at first, but history often shows us that when several seemingly unrelated trends converge, they can...
Mid-Summer Fruit and Vegetable Garden Notes
With summer in full swing, your veg patch should be bursting with colour and flavour. But mid‑summer is also the perfect moment to look ahead, making sure your beds keep producing right through autumn...
June & July Wildflower Meadow Care
Managing docks, nettles and other unwanted plants plus getting ready to havest the seeds. Early summer is a pivotal moment for any wildflower meadow. By June and July the first flush of colour is...
