“Gardening advice of the past tells us to remove leaves in autumn and then mulch around plants in spring with compost. Why?

It’s a new year and many of us are getting ready to enter a fresh season of gardening. It’s easy to grow plants but understandably many myths have grown up over the centuries. Today let’s debunk some ...

The old leaves of darker-flowering azaleas tend to turn orange before they drop. The old leaves of white- and paler-flowering ...

The RHS has unveiled a list of eight gardening predictions for 2025, including a move away from bedding plants and a focus on ...

WHAT with rows over ‘rewilding’ your garden, desperately searching for new drought tolerant plants, and the constant social ...

While hedgerows are multilayered, permanent habitats for wildlife, permaculture works as a similar closed-loop system that ...

Tearing up your front lawn and its flower beds in favour of a gravel garden might not seem that appealing. But homeowners are ...

A survey by Fairtrade International, the organisation behind Fairtrade labels, found that 93% of Kenyan coffee farmers are ...

While many plants grow well with companions, others can harm or inhibit neighboring species, and should be given their own ...

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is harvested this time of year and is available for digging throughout California. Native to the Great Plains, this plant has naturalized throughout the ...

Winter desiccation can be managed through winter watering and anti-desiccant sprays.

As the days grow shorter and temperatures begin to dip, it’s time for gardeners in Marin County to prepare for winter.