Watering plants creates damp soil and makes it easier for slugs to travel. As they're most active in the evening, it's a good ...

Beautiful blooming bulbs are not just for spring. Summer flowering bulbs make a fabulously colourful display, and the time to ...

A bee hotel provides a nesting habitat for solitary bees such as red mason and leafcutter bees. Give your bee hotel the ...

The RSPB recently changed its bird-feeding advice - get the low down on what you should and shouldn't do, in our guide.

For the perfect combination of sun, sea, sand and gardens, you can’t beat Barbados. While this Caribbean island delivers all ...

Sweet peas can be sown from October to April. Autumn-sown sweet peas bloom earlier, while spring-sown plants flower later.

It doesn't take a lot to achieve the perfect lawn. Give your grass some spring TLC and get it in great shape for summer by carrying out a few quick and easy jobs now. As well as quickly refreshing and ...

Give your patio a boost with a colourful spring container. The star in this container is the perennial wallflower 'Super Bowl ...

Avoid applying fertilisers close to a pond where rain could wash them into the water. When topping up the water level in a ...

Star jasmine (also sometimes known as Chinese jasmine), Trachelospermum jasminoides, is a beautifully scented, evergreen climber. Perfect for growing up a warm wall, or a fence, it's slow growing ...

Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, is a rampant climber. It is typically used to clothe walls of large houses. It bears inconspicuous flowers in summer, followed by small blackberries in ...

Duckweed is a common pond weed, visible as masses of tiny, rounded green leaves that float on the surface of ponds and other bodies of still, nutrient-rich water, including in water butts. The ...