2023 Container Challenge Winners!

These Container Gardening Arrangements can make your entryway, patio, balcony, rooftop, and backyard stand out dramatically! Check out these arrangements that we have put together, keeping in mind their low-maintenance nature!

Set in the grounds of the historic Hampton Court palace, 15 beautiful Show and Get Started gardens will be on display for visitors, along with talks, demos, and workshops from horticultural experts who are on hand to offer expert advice and help you translate the inspiration into your green space. Particular highlights include a feature garden by this year’s Iconic Horticultural Hero Carol Klein, whose design boasts six different habitats, and Jo Thompson will be creating a wildlife garden which showcases ‘accidental’ landscapes that can be utilised to create green corridors in our urban spaces.

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RHS Hampton Court 2023 is short for The RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. But that sounds far too grand.

Our new autumn season is here! And with it comes an extensive range of NEW and exciting spring-flowering bulbs. We simply cannot wait to show you what you can plant in your gardens this autumn. Here are just a few selections from our new range that you should definitely be growing this year.  Tulips 

Whether you’re building your own raised beds, putting up garden lighting or popping up a pergola, the most basic hand tool you’ll need is a screwdriver. Used to drive in or take out screws of all sizes and with different shaped heads on them, it’s an essential companion when performing tasks indoors or around the garden. The only thing better than a conventional screwdriver is an electric one and if you’ve ever had to drive in a lot of screws by hand, you’ll understand why an electric screwdriver is such an essential tool. Instead of screwing or unscrewing by hand power alone, you simply pull the trigger and it uses its motor to drive the screw instead, taking all the hard work out of garden projects like making a wooden planter, or putting up a trellis, especially for gardeners with mobility issues. Lightweight and highly portable, the electric screwdriver won’t replace a full size drill, but it’s one of the best labour saving devices you can keep in your toolbox, garden shed, or garage.

In container gardening, one of the biggest challenges lies in finding the right growing medium for the plants that you wish to grow. Most gardeners will source the potting mix they use from a store.

Help your garden bees this summer and autumn with the GardenAdvice Team by sowing a few seeds to help provide food and shelter for bees in your garden.

The weekend before was Mother’s Day, and Mark and I went down to see our son at university. Our daughter and her boyfriend were also away seeing his parents so it was a rather unusual Mother’s Day albeit a different way to spend Mother’s Day. So that weekend I didn’t get anything done in the garden because the Saturday it poured with rain.

What’s worse than a warm glass of beer at an outdoor BBQ party? Absolutely nothing. 

If you wish to truly display your commitment and love for the game, you will have to select the best equipment. If you’re on the lookout for the best baseball batting nets, then we’ve done all the hard work and shortlisted 8 of the best baseball batting nets for 2023.  

Today’s photos are from Jolene, who is sharing the beautiful garden that her mother, Tina Iosca, has created. We’ve been lucky enough to visit this beautiful garden before: The Secret Garden.