The lawn is often a point of pride for gardeners and keeping it manicured and well-kept is a top priority. Whether it's the front or back, big or small, maintaining a trimmed lawn is much easier when ...

Grass trimmers are a great tool for tidying up straggly grass, as well as areas a lawn mower can’t reach, such as path and flower bed edges, and around the base of trees. They can also help clear ...

Spend the day exploring the gardens and surrounding Capability Brown landscape. Highlights include the formal Italianate terrace, below which is the 100m-long archery border combining Mediterranean ...

Win an extra large 'Tubby' plant pot from BIGPLANTPOTS suitable for outside or indoors, in a colour of your choice. Renowned for their durable and stylish extra-large planters, the 'Tubby' is a robust ...

The basic principles of pruning roses are the same as pruning anything else: cutting back hard will promote the strongest growth, while light pruning will result in less vigorous regrowth. Remove dead ...

These Edwardian gardens are a true delight all year round. Seasonal highlights include a walled rose garden, spectacular wisteria, colourful double herbaceous borders and a cut-flower garden, a ...

Autumn is a busy season in the pruning calendar, the perfect time to remove old growth to get plants into shape. Many plants that have played a star role in borders in summer will need tidying up in ...

Surrounding the Tudor manor house are beautiful gardens adorned with herbaceous borders, fragrant English roses, an elephant fountain, ancient yew hedges and lush green lawns. The knot garden was ...

Narrow borders might lack the promise of larger spaces, but a little creativity can work wonders. One of the best ways to deal with a narrow border is to use the vertical space by growing climbing ...

Pruning is an important job in the garden – it helps to keep plants in shape, encourages the production of fruit and flowers and can help to prevent disease. So it's worth getting well kitted out with ...

One of the finest private collections of trees and shrubs in the country, this 100-acre arboretum features beautiful and rare species from around the world, and includes many champion trees. Explore ...

In every season these gardens put on a glorious show, with tulips triumphant in late spring, roses reigning in summer and tender plants taking centre stage into autumn. Reflecting the fascinating ...