Gardening Guides

Baby oak tree

Whether you're a beginner looking for some gardening know-how or an experienced gardener wanting inspiration, our expert guides will help you to get started.

Basics - practical gardening essentials from pruning to propagation

Shearing branches

Our simple step-by-step guides take away the mystery from common gardening techniques, such as sowing, pruning and taking cuttings. Plus, learn how to care for your garden during adverse weather conditions and how to grow fruit and vegetables

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Community gardening - use our map to find a community-managed project near you

What's a community garden?

Read about the community gardening movement

Community projects

Get involved in a greening project in your area

Ethical gardening - look into alternative ways to make the most of your garden

Tray of plants

Buying plants ethically

Find out ethical ways to increase your plant stock

Paving

Ethical paving

Adopt ethical or alternative methods when creating a patio or path

Expert growers' advice - the secrets of success from some of the UK's top growers

Organic expert, Pauline Pears

Organic gardening

Pauline Pears discusses a more natural approach to gardening

Vegetable grower, Medwyn Jones

Champion veg

Expert veggie grower Medwyn Jones shares some growing tips

Gardening with children - ideas and projects to get children involved in the garden

Gardening with children

Get back to nature and share the joy of gardening with your children. Entertain them with a selection of educational activities developed for four- to seven-year olds, in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society.

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Weather - take care of your garden whatever the weather conditions

Dry weather

Protect your plants against a lack of rainfall

Wet weather

Help your garden to cope with excess rain and storms

Cold weather - how to minimise the damaging effects of cold on your plants
Flooding - what you can do to deal with the after-effects of heavy rain
Climate warming - the effects of climate change on our gardens

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