Tomatoes are great crops for gardeners. With so many varieties available, you're spoilt for choice. Tomatoes are incredibly popular crops for gardeners. There are many varieties to try, from baby cherry tomatoes to huge fleshy beefsteaks. You can grow traditional tall cordon tomatoes, compact bush varieties or trailing types that suit hanging baskets. Despite [...]

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Updated 19/09/25 Spring bulbs light up the garden with their bright colours, heralding the end of the dark winter months and the start of a new year. Their cheerful flowers are full of the promise of sunshine. Many of us grow spring bulbs in pots and borders, but a great design idea is to [...]

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We all love summer. This is the time you can enjoy the fruits of your gardening graft earlier in the year. But you’d be surprised how quickly soil can dry out on a warm day. Making sure your garden is well watered will help plants put down deep roots and produce the best fruit, veg and [...]

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Updated 13/06/2025 Growing strawberries in strawberry pots is a productive and aesthetically pleasing way of growing. It’s really easy to plant up a strawberry pot, and you can get great results with little effort. Strawberry pots are terracotta containers with a series of holes around the outside. These are like little windows through which [...]

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Updated 27/05/25 Soundproof your garden with these tips and your garden will be a haven free from the telly blaring from the house, traffic in the street or screaming kids. Add some Peace and Quiet into your garden... Noise has become so much of a bugbear in our lives and we can’t seem [...]

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Updated 11/04/25 If money grew on trees then we gardeners would live like kings. It doesn’t, unfortunately, but there are many brilliant ways to get the garden you want without shelling out huge sums, and taking cuttings is one of them. Taking cuttings from your current plants is a superb way to increase [...]

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Updated 10/04/25 Brits have been in love with their lawns since they were first introduced to the UK in the 1600’s, and you might be looking to liven it up with some lawn alternatives. Before lawnmowers were invented only the very wealthy could afford one. Men were hired to scythe the grass and women [...]

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Updated 09/04/25 The type of plants associated with a coastal garden style often have silvery colour, thin needle-like or waxy leaves. These features help plants conserve water, protecting them from dehydrating coastal winds and during times of drought. The plants are full of texture and movement. They bring a sense of wildness and freedom [...]

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Updated 09/04/25 Fill your winter garden with scent, colour and silhouette! Don’t let the garden go bare and dormant over the cold months. With these winter-flowering plants you will be sure to brighten up your pots and flower borders in no time. Heather Winter-flowering heather adds long-lasting colour and texture. It looks [...]

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The unique thing with bulbs is you see them in Spring but can only plant them in Autumn. I am often asked questions about my design and layout of bulbs and when they are in flower. For those of you who have sent me questions on [...]

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For this episode, the team created a series of diverse sections within one garden area by using a mixture of new and stressed products to give a real sense of age, as if they had been worn from time. That, with a clever bit of planting, combined the whole garden into something that was [...]

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This spectacular build boasts some of the largest trees we have ever put into any of the Love Your Garden designs. There were an incredible six of them to go into this garden, with a marvellous finish. Using both trees and textured plants not only adds height and structure to your garden, but amazing [...]

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Gardens have the power to bring people together, giving us a sense of community spirit as a joint venture and passion for plants. They give the people a sense of purpose and civic pride. For this transformation, it was essential to make the space accessible as well as functional, this garden is also a [...]

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A narrow, sloping plot that was lacking in features was turned into a wonderland of adventures that satisfied all the senses. We needed to provide a safe space for the children to explore and exert energy and a relaxing spot for some time to escape. [...]

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A previously neglected spot can be turned into an accessible, cosy and inviting space to socialise and relax. We wanted to give this inspiring garden owner a perfect place for a cuppa and slice of cake. You can get the look by going for pretty pergolas, living walls and edible gardens. Bring [...]

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Transforming this uninspired suburban plot into a calming escape for moments alone was essential. And with the homeowners loving all things wildlife-related, we had to think of plenty of ways to invite nature into the garden to make this plot a perfect cornucopia. You can [...]

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Out of all of the Love Your Garden transformations, this has been the biggest one we have ever attempted to do... In this huge area in the middle of Wales, we created something for a very special family in the span of a week. You can get the look by going for naturalistic [...]

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This garden was a dramatic challenge. Creating it not only for the owners but for their canine friends as well. It's one of the most contemporary gardens we've done on the show; which included loads of different surfaces on the ground. We had decking, we had paving, sunken ponds, sunken seating all built to [...]

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This particular episode of Love Your Garden was an interesting build with quite a contemporary style. It was not an overly large garden in overall size but there was so much placed in to compartmentalise sections of the space, with a walk around pathway to make it easy to get through, so it really [...]

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This large-scale Love Your Garden transformation saw the team construct one of the biggest outdoor buildings we’ve ever put up during the show. The creation made a dramatic impact to the whole area and worked really well with the shape of this particular garden. Being at a slight angle made for a space of [...]

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