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Expert tips on when and how to cut back perennials for neater flower beds
Plants Tidy up your flower beds with these top tips
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Avoid this common mistake when watering your peace lily
Plants Experts advise that water straight from the tap can be bad for these elegant and air-purifying house plants
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The experts reveal a wide range of vegetables suitable for balcony growing
Grow Your Own Don’t limit your balcony gardening to a few pots of herbs – you can raise root veggies, fruit trees, and exotic peppers and chilies, too
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Should you ditch your grass for drought-tolerant clover? The experts discuss
Landscaping This alternative to the traditional lawn might be more suitable to grow as we face further heatwaves
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Garden furniture deals: the Bank Holiday sales you won't want to miss
Furniture Transform your outside space for less with these fantastic end-of-season garden furniture deals, plus, all the best outdoor furniture sales you can shop this month
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Experts reveal how you can help bees and butterflies survive a drought
Gardens Lack of rainfall is causing harm to pollinating insects, but your garden could be turned into a life-saving service station to help them survive, say these experts
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Can you still fill your hot tub under a hosepipe ban? Experts discuss the rules
Outdoor Living Using a hosepipe for paddling pools and water features may be outlawed for now, but hot tubs could escape stringent rules on saving water
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Why the crevice garden trend is taking off this hot, dry summer
Gardens The crevice garden trend is the latest look for your yard and it's easy to achieve, even when the temperature soars and there’s no rain forecast
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This expert hack could keep ants off your plants – if all else has failed
How To Baking soda could be the way to stop ants invading your outdoor space, according to one gardening expert
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This is how to keep your plants watered during a hosepipe ban, according to an expert
Plants Hosepipe bans and water shortages mean we’re having to get inventive about the water we use in our gardens
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'Take extra care with your compost heap in a heatwave to prevent fires,' warn experts
Gardens Fires starting in compost heaps and bins are under investigation as the cause of a number of wildfires erupting, so stay vigilant and take safety steps
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Growing vegetables at home is more popular than ever in the US – here's why
Grow Your Own Growing vegetables has turned into a worthwhile hobby for millions of Americans, according to new research
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This expert tip will help your hanging baskets survive even the hottest day
Plants Here’s the latest care advice for keeping your hanging baskets happy and healthy this summer
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Expert offers a simple recycling tip to save water in the garden this summer
Plants As the threat of water shortages increases, experts suggest recycling greywater from indoors to keep your plants healthy and hydrated
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RHS warns of long-term damage to traditional garden favorites following recent heatwave
Plants Following recent record-breaking temperatures, experts have issued a warning about the long-term impact on some of our favorite garden plants
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Gardening expert says putting crocks in pots might 'do more harm than good'
Plants Do you always place a careful layer of crocks in the bottom of a pot? You could be doing the wrong thing for your plants, gardening experts suggest
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This simple trick will give you a better harvest, says organic gardening expert
Grow Your Own Why the simple act of thinning out plants will help you grow a bumper crop of fruit and vegetables this summer
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Garden expert reveals a secret for improving the health of your hydrangeas
Plants Forget fancy foliar feeds, the simplest way to improve the health of your hydrangeas this summer is the humble earthworm, says a gardening expert
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Why calls for disposable BBQs to be banned are on the up following the recent heatwave
Outdoor Living With disposable single-use barbecues under fire for being dangerous and unkind to the environment, travelling models are proving popular as a safer alternative
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Bee-friendly garden buys: 7 gifts that celebrate bees
Gardens Make the most of Black Friday with these top bee-friendly garden buys – they're perfect for wildlife lovers
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I'm buying houseplant lovers these Christmas gifts in the Black Friday sales. They're all under £25!
Shopping Houseplant parents will love these gifts and you'll love the savings you make in the Black Friday sales
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This flower is revealed as the most popular on Instagram this summer
Plants When it comes to our favorite flowers to snap, roses are top of the list – and here’s why we love them
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Experts reveal a tip for keeping garden planters cool in a heatwave
Plants Plants in pots and containers are a highlight of any garden or backyard, but they need special care when the mercury starts to climb in a heatwave
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Never do this to your lawn in a heatwave, say the experts
Gardens It’s tempting to lavish care and attention on your lawn when the temperature starts to climb, but this could be the last thing it needs
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Top fashion brand Dior is giving gardening an upmarket makeover
Shopping The designer brand has launched a stylish gardening set with an impressive price tag of $8,700, but what do garden experts think of it?
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Garden expert reveals a simple organic hack for dealing with whitefly
How To There’s one way to get rid of this garden and glasshouse pest, and that’s to spray it with a powerful jet of water – but does it work?
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Expert issues warning over the latest TikTok lawn care hack
Garden Tools The latest TikTok lawn care hack has gone viral, but one expert says that this new trick should be treated with extreme caution
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The surprising reason your nasturtium is not flowering, according to Monty Don
Plants These beautiful blooms are quite different to many other plants in terms of the soil they need
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This Amazon bestseller is the multipurpose garden tool everyone needs – and it's only £12
The bestselling (and for good reason) garden tool you need for spring and summer is right here. Here are 5 ways to use it to transform your outdoor space...
