Gardeners' Heaven

If like most of the population you work some form of regular hours then you will also have the same issue as me…missing your flowers bloom whilst you are stuck in the office. But what if you were to design your garden around the times you are there to enjoy it; the evening. If designed [...]

by Alan Titchmarsh The art of making Christmas shopping fun is avoiding the usual frantic last-minute rush, and if you prefer doing the entire job from the comfort of your armchair it pays to start early to allow for delivery time, so you aren’t a nervous wreck come Christmas Eve. Oh, it gets harder each [...]

The Poppy flower is recognised world over as a visual pledge to say ‘we will remember them’. On the 11th Hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 the First World War ended, now every year the humble weed adorns the lapels of citizens of the UK, America, Canada, New Zealand and [...]

Thousands entered, but only one was crowned RHS Photographer of the Year 2011. Stephen Webb, from Woking, took the prestigious title and a cheque for £1,000 after capturing this spectacular image of a carpet of crocuses in the early evening light. Chris Young, competition judge and Editor of the RHS magazine, The Garden, said: “This [...]

So the first hard frost of winter has hit the country and already some transport links are in chaos.  The Manchester Evening News reports that Metrolink trams across the city were “severly disrupted” by the overnight temperatures which dropped to around minus 3 degrees. Whilst the thermometers outside were dropping, indoors the BBC dedicated a [...]

by Alan Titchmarsh Plants perform a lot of valuable services to mankind, but one of the strangest is by helping geologists and prospectors find deposits of mineral ores including gold, copper, or even uranium all round the world.   Most  ’indicator plants’ are uncommon wild species, though you might have a few growing in your garden. [...]