Gardening for beginners (2024)

New to gardening? Discover the joy of growing your own ornamental plants and edible crops, by following our step-by-step guides and practical videos

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Designing and planting

Get to know your garden, learn planting styles and techniques, and try your hand at garden design.

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Gardening for beginners: Know your plot

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How to design a garden

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Gardening for beginners – Planting styles

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Gardening for beginners: combining plants

Grow your own fruit and veg

Learn how to start a veg plot or allotment and get tips on the best veg to grow.

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Starting a new vegetable patch

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Tips for a low-maintenance veg plot

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How to start an allotment

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How to grow vegetables – beginner veg to grow

Wildlife gardening

Attract birds, bees, bugs and butterflies to your garden.

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£19.90 £29.85 Supplied as 15 young plants (5 of each)

Wildflowers play a vital role in supporting our native insects, providing them with plentiful pollen and nectar to feed upon. Easy to grow and care for, they’ll naturally self-seed, providing colour for many years.

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This collection of fragrant salvias is not only visually appealing with its striking two-tone blooms, but it’s also beloved by bees and butterflies. Equally at home in containers and borders, these versatile plants have a colour palette that brings red, purple and pink hues to your garden, making them a wonderful addition to any outdoor space.

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How to grow cotoneaster

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Nine of the best bird box cameras in 2023

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Show and tell

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How to grow a hazel tree (Corylus avellana)

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Raspberry ‘Autumn Bliss’ is one of the best and most reliable autumn fruiting varieties, producing a heavy crop of large, attractive red berries from late August until mid-October. Their sturdy canes make them perfect for growing in smaller gardens and containers, as they don’t require support for their stems.

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£19.99 Supplied as 1 bare-root tree on M9 rootstock

A wonderful waft of beautiful pink blossom erupts in April and May, before making way for the impressive blush-red fruits. Sweeter than many other varieties, ‘Pink Delicious’ boast a crisp, yet tangy, taste to be incredibly refreshing on the palate.

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No Fuss Guides

Practical videos featuring expert advice on the basics of gardening and beyond.

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How to grow and care for Leyland cypress

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Win a £100 voucher for The Lawn Pack

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Win a holiday to Slovenia and The Gulf of Trieste

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How to grow strawberries

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Egg shell fertiliser for plants

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Maintain the garden

Watering plants effectively

Scotland

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Essential kit for gardening

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South-East England

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Gardening for beginners (2024)

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