The Best Story of the Show

Iris ‘Benton Olive’ in Sarah Price's garden

The cost of heating a home, along with the surge in popularity of outdoor firepits and chimineas, has created a huge demand for firewood. An axe is an essential tool if you use wood from your own trees or buy whole logs, as large pieces will need to be split to fit your stove or fireplace. If the logs are still very fresh, splitting also helps them to dry out enough to be useful as firewood. An axe is also handy for making little sticks and slivers of kindling. Making your own kindling is much cheaper and more environmentally friendly than buying it in plastic bags or using most types of commercial firelighter.

So, you’re stuck at home. But that doesn’t mean you have to give up on gardening!With so many options available and warm weather jus

It’s important to exercise caution when using Homemade Fertilizers for Tomatoes found online, as they often contain excessive amounts of nitrogen. While nitrogen is beneficial during the early stages of growth, tomato plants require varying nutrient levels as they progress through different growth stages. An overabundance of nitrogen in the later stages of growth can hinder fruit production.

I admit it, I’m greedy. I don’t want to see the flowers on my lilac bushes and clematis vines go. I cling to them desperately, a sense of heaviness in my heart when they start to fade.I know, not at all zen, but I can’t help it. They a

The Best of the Rest from the Show Gardens

I found the big show gardens a big disappointment. It’s telling that I took very few photographs of them, while I took plenty of my favourite small gardens. I did photograph a few for their curiosity value rather than their inspiring ideas. The Azorean Garden reflects the fact that volcan

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but hardly anything smells better than a rose – no matter what you call it. If you agree, then you’re probably looking to find the best-smelling options for your garden.That might sound like a pretty straightforward as

Star Plant of the Show There’s always a plant that appears in several show gardens and catches my eye.  Last year it was Silene fimbriata, Euphorbiapasteurii Euphorbia mellifera  Euphorbia stygiana. E. palustris, E.myrsinites  E.

The Best of the Artisan Gardens

The Most Beautiful Object at the Hampton Court Flower Show Lucy’s Smith’s exquisite stoneware Kingfisher Pool stopped me in my tracks.  Look closely and you will see that not only is the watchful kingfisher perched on the rim, lurking in the depths there is a fish.  It’s not often that I covet an object quite as much as this – but with a price that justifiably reflects that it is a work of art rather than a garden ornament, I’d better start saving.

There are many greenhouses on the market in the United Kingdom but there are four independent greenhouse manufacturers that stand above the rest in terms of quality. These are Cultivar greenhouses, Alitex, Hartley Botanic and Gabriel Ash. All produce a Victorian Greenhouse and three produce cheaper  (or less expensive) models with wider pane centres.  In this guide we give you an idea of how much greenhouses cost from each supplier based on one of the most popular sizes of greenhouses in the UK – eight by ten foot. At this level all the greenhouses come with toughened safety glass, aluminium guttering, and reasonable ventilation as standard. How Much is a Cultivar Greenhouse ?