Category: Head Gardener

One of the main keys to growing vegetables is the use of irrigation or the ability to water your plants as required especially in height of summer. Last season the GardenAdvice team trialled growing...

Britain is an ageing population, according to the Office for National Statistics. By 2039, one in every 12 of us will be aged over 80, and one in three babies born in 2013 are...

  Like many keen gardeners, you may dislike the winter and the limitations it brings. While you can potter around and tidy your garden, there is little opportunity to flex your green fingers. However,...

This time of year there are usually a lot of tips going around for how to bring a garden back to its full, vibrant life. As the warm weather blows in it’s a time...

  Bees are undoubtedly facing problems because of the use of pesticides in agriculture and climate change with regards to higher seasonal temperatures and lower light levels effecting the availability of food sources for...

Time to start to think about your vegetable garden Now you have put on a few additional pounds after the Christmas lunch and your wallet is a little lighter after those boxing day sales...

  Once the seasons change and colder weather settles in, you might realise just how much the landscape changes; including your very own garden. Moving on from the summer and autumn, your garden takes...

  Sweet Peas – Additional colour for your garden your very first gardening task for 2017 is to start some sweet pea seeds on your kitchen windowsill.  Sweet peas provide a great show of...

  GardenAdvice one day gardening courses have been designed to provide people with an introduction to gardening and ongoing support by including into the course cost membership to our MyGardenTeam service for 12 months....

While the wind is blustering outside, us gardeners need to remember that we don’t just have a garden to look after! Its so important to look after the skin that we’re in! It is...