Advertisement

Thursday 28 April 2011

Gardening

Gardening news and advice from the Telegraph. Your source for gardening news, advice from our experts and help on how to grow plants and vegetables.

Garden Centre

Latest Gardening News

Growing vegetables: The garden that keeps on giving

Sarah Raven visits the 'no-dig’ specialist Charles Dowding to learn how to reap a vast and varied supply of vegetables from even the smallest plot

The great Norfolk tulip massacre

They may look beautiful, but life is brutal in Britain’s biggest fields of blooms, finds Christopher Middleton as he joins the pickers for the day.

Perfection in a pot: just follow the recipe

These subtle yet striking plant combinations are easy to care for and will look good in containers from spring to summer, says garden designer Jinny Blom

The 10-minutes gardener: Sow sweet William

Val Bourne advises readers to mark the Royal Wedding with sweet William seeds

Host a Royal Wedding garden party

Bunny Guinness shows you how to throw a garden party for all seasons

Best in glass: Tovah Martin's terrariums

The latest green-fingered trend to arrive from America is crystal clear: mini gardens encased in glass. And at the forefront of this micro movement is Tovah Martin

Gardening news and events

A round-up of the latest gardening news events, including the shed of the year competition and where to see wild orchids

Gardeners' Question Time comes to Ambridge

Gardeners' Question Time panellist Matthew Wilson takes a horticultural tour of The Archers neighbourhood

Advertisement

GARDENING COLUMNISTS

Spring gardens to visit this Easter

The Rhododendron walks in the spring garden at Bowood House offer an endless show of colour

A selection of pictures from our favourite spring gardens to visit

Shed of the Year 2011

Shed of the Year 2011 entrants

In pictures: entries in the Shed of the Year 2011 competition.

sponsored features

Loading
Dahlia 'Alfred Grille'

Telegraph Garden Shop

Visit Telegraph Garden Shop for Reader Offers, seasonal plants and more

The Rhododendron walks in the spring garden at Bowood House offer an endless show of colour

Spring gardens to visit this Easter

A selection of pictures from our favourite spring gardens to visit

Joyce Russell at work in her polytunnel - Polytunnel superpower for your veg

Polytunnel superpower

How to harness plastic in pursuit of bumper early crops that you can grow under polytunnels.

Gardening calendar: April 2011

Spring is officially here, and you won’t miss a thing in your garden with our Monthly Planner

Fruit and Vegetables

ORGANIC GARDENING

Green property: Tips for an eco-garden

Want to trim your bills, update your home and do your bit for the planet? Sarah Lonsdale tests the latest 'eco’ products and sorts the fads from the finds. This week: Eco-gardens

Telegraph Gardenshop: Our favourite astrantias

John Hiorns on a long-flowering summer favourite

Telegraph Gardenshop: Our favourite pulmonarias

Spring plants do well in shade, says plant buyer John Hiorns

Telegraph Gardenshop: Strawberry season

Plan now to extend the strawberry season, advises John Hiorns

ALLOTMENTS

How to keep your vegetable patch going strong through the winter

Do you grow as much winter veg as you could? Growing fabulous rows of a wide choice of feisty vegetables stops the garden becoming just a window landscape and gives it real purpose.

Garden Projects

GARDENING EQUIPMENT

PLANTS

Perennial vegetables: Plant once and eat always

Perennial vegetables are a beautiful, low-carbon alternative to sowing from scratch every year, says expert edibles grower Mark Diacono

Advertisement

Classified Advertising

Loading