Gardeners' Heaven

by Alan Titchmarsh ‘What’s wrong with my tomatoes?’ At this time of year, it’s a question I hear all the time. Tomatoes are such a popular crop that it’s easy to think the plants ‘grow themselves’ and ‘can be left to get on with it’. But they can’t. And half their troubles are due to [...]

Love Your Garden, Alan Titchmarsh’s brand new ITV1 gardening show is currently being broadcast on ITV1 at 8pm on Friday nights. The series began on June 10th, and resulted in Alan winning a ratings war with rival gardener and Gardeners World presenter, Monty Don.  Love Your Garden attracted an average of 3.9 million viewers 18 [...]

by Alan Titchmarsh Summer signals the start of an uneasy truce between gardeners and flower arrangers, when they both have to share the same borders. Gardeners generally hate anyone picking from their carefully tended displays, while arrangers think they are being most unreasonable. But there’s an amicable solution – let the gardener of the household [...]

by Alan Titchmarsh Some folk are nervous of taking cuttings – regarding it as ‘expert’ gardening.  But some plants – such as fuchsias – are so easy to root from what my mum used to call ‘slips, and if you can root fuchsia cuttings, you can root shrubs. Some of the easier kinds ‘take’ very [...]

When space is short, the crafty solution is to take full advantage of the air-space above your plot by creating a vertical garden. Simply regard every upright surface as an opportunity to grow something up it. If you have vacant walls, use trellis for climbers such as clematis and passionflower, or grow fan-trained fruit trees [...]

by Alan Titchmarsh June is THE peak month for roses, so if you’re a rose fancier or you simply enjoy garden visiting, do try to plan an outing before the best is over. (Oh I know most modern roses repeat-flower through the summer, but June is the month you’ll see them all out in full [...]

by Alan Titchmarsh If you’re new to soft fruit-growing, the best tip I can give you is stay at home for the summer. The picking season starts any time now, and if you’ve grown a full range of species, you’ll have your work cut out gathering, freezing and baking. The strawberry season started early this [...]

What to do in June. “It is the month of June, the month of leaves and roses, when pleasant sights salute the eyes and pleasant scents the noses” Nathaniel Parker Willis June is all about colour. The flowers in your borders are bursting into life and while the grass might not be as green as [...]