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10 Fabulous Flower Festivals To Visit – Enjoy The Ultimate Inspiration For Your Garden
Stuck for garden inspiration and looking for more ideas on making your backyard notions a reality? Here are 10 flower festivals to help you unlock your growing potential
By Bonnie L. Grant
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6 Key Garden Trends That Will Inspire Your Landscape Design In 2025
Discover the design trends destined to make it into your garden this year – from joy-sparking plant palettes to sustainable solutions built into the landscape.
By Melanie Griffiths
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Grow A Music Garden: Hit The High Notes By Making Musical Instruments From Nature
Music lovers and gardening lovers can find a natural groove using items growing and resting around them. Find out how easy it is making musical instruments from nature
By Teo Spengler
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Rosemary Decor Ideas: Try These 5 Creative And Tasteful Ways To Decorate With Rosemary
Have you only ever used rosemary as a garnish with the festive turkey? These rosemary decor ideas will fill your home and gifting horizons with fragrant new possibilities
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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9 Contemporary Small Garden Ideas – Maximize Style With A Modern Design
Some simple conceptual ideas can transform even the tiniest plot from humdrum to dream design. Try these 9 contemporary small garden ideas to modernize your plot
By Amy Grant
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Easy Plant Choices To Boost Your Curb Appeal: Go Big With These 6 Small Front Garden Ideas
Even the smallest front yard can be a curbside showstopper with the right plant choices. We reveal six small front garden ideas that dynamically improve a home’s allure and value!
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Why Green Spaces Are Important – And How To Create One In Your Local Community
If you live in a town or city and don’t have a big yard, look beyond your back door. We explore why green spaces are important – and how to make more of yours
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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5 Urban Garden Ideas For Any Home – Add Natural Flair To The Tiniest Living Spaces
Just because you live in a city, town or built-up area doesn’t mean you have to do without! Try these urban garden ideas to make a green haven even in limited space
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Grow Your Own Cocktail Ingredients: Plant A Cocktail Garden For Deliciously Fresh Drinks
Ever heard of growing your own cocktail garden? Try some of these cocktail garden plant ideas and impress your friends by becoming your own botanical bartender!
By Teo Spengler
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Easy Garden Winners: 8 Of The Best Low-Maintenance Plants For Your Garden
The easiest plants to grow are often some of the most stunning in color, texture and fragrance. Here are some of the best low-maintenance plants for beds and borders
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Essential Late Summer Gardening Guide: What You Need To Do Before Fall Arrives
Think things are starting to quieten down as fall approaches? Think again! We round up the key late summer gardening tasks you need to focus on now
By Amy Grant
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Need Floral Inspiration For Your Raised Bed? Try These Raised Flower Bed Ideas
Were you thinking raised beds were purely the domain of exciting edible gardening? Prepare to be dazzled, as we reveal the best raised flower bed ideas to try
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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My Father’s Garden - A Trip Back in Time and Sunday Soup
On Father's Day, our editor Caroline reflects on how her father and his garden changed over the years, and how it's changed her own outlook going forward.
By Caroline Bloomfield
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Old-Fashioned Flowers And Plants That Will Transport You To Another Time
Fancy bringing some old world beauty and elegance to your space? These nine old-fashioned flowers can help you add a touch of nostalgia and romance
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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7 Sustainable Trends All Gardeners Should Take From The UK's Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 is championing sustainability, with a focus on water conservation and creating resilient landscaping schemes in the face of climate change. Discover the key ideas to take away for your own garden.
By Melanie Griffiths
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How to Grow Yarrow in Containers
Besides being pretty, yarrow is versatile, aromatic and medicinal and grows well in a container. Yarrow is happy in a number of different conditions and is not fussy about soil.
By Daniel Mowinski
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Top 10 Questions About Yucca
By Bonnie Grant