BBC Gardeners’ World Live returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 12-15 June 2025. This year’s line-up includes Monty Don, Adam ...

Tired of killing every house plant you touch? These ten indoor plants thrive on minimal care and forgive even the most ...

BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair returns to Beaulieu, in Hampshire on 1-3 May 2026. BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair is an ...

These days we're all more aware of the benefits of eating seasonally. Not only do fruit and vegetables taste better when grown in season, but they're also often cheaper to buy. Eating seasonally is ...

Ginger lilies are exotic perennials with bold foliage and spikes of bright flowers. They are often used in tropical style borders in combination with other dramatic plants, such as large-leaved cannas ...

Skunk cabbage or American skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) is a plant in the arum family, and looks similar to our native lords-and-ladies. Native to western North America, it bears a large ...

Mushrooms or toadstools are the fruiting bodies of fungi. Fungi live below ground in the soil but every so often (usually in late summer and autumn) they throw up their fruiting bodies in order to ...

Making your own compost is a great way of recycling green waste. You can make compost in all but the very smallest of spaces and there's nothing better than using your own homemade garden compost, ...

House plants in the office can help to reduce stress levels, increase concentration and therefore productivity, and generally make the office a nicer environment to work in. The types of house plant ...

The traditional lawn is becoming less favourable now that droughts are more common as the effects of climate change intensify. On drought-prone, free-draining soil, lawn grass turns brown when under ...

Creating beautiful planting schemes for your border is simple if you follow some key rules. The main tip is to choose plants that are suited to the conditions in your garden. If you want a spectacular ...

What is top dressing a lawn? Top dressing is the process of renovating a tired, patchy, or bumpy lawn or achieving a high-quality lawn by adding a thin layer of bulky dressing to the surface. This ...