gardens

5 trendy floral arragements for springtime

Spring brings with it an assortment of colours and flowers.

How to grow gladioli for a delightfully flamboyant cutting garden

Continuing her series on growing bulbs, Clare Foster explains how best to harness the gloriously flamboyant attributes of gladioli in a cutting garden or border all summer long

Edible gardening is a growing trend. Here’s what it’s about

So you have fresh ingredients all year round.

The best vegetables to grow in winter

there is still time to plant the wonderful cool-season vegetables.

The best low maintenance plants for your home

With these low maintenance house plants, you can still reap the benefits of greenery in your home without the required commitment.

Creating the ideal environment for flourishing plants

A look at what needs to be done in the garden before the onset of summer & what the ideal conditions for an indoor plant are

The 8 best house plants for reducing stress

Breathe deep and bring a sense of calm and serenity to your home with these cortisol-reducing indoor plants

Beyoncé is building hemp and honey farms

Beyoncé is installing hemp and honey farms at her home after discovering the healing properties of the natural world

A step by step guide to creating spring planters

In an extract from her new book 'Modern Container Planting', Isabelle Palmer gives an easy to follow guide to putting together colourful spring planters (and it can all be done in one day)

How to prune your garden for spring

As we head towards spring, we need to think about what needs to be done in our garden before the onset of summer and the rainy season.

This local company recycles your kitchen waste into compost

The compost Kitchen picks up people’s perishable scraps and gives them back enriched vermicompost to grow fresh food in their gardens.

21 Plants That Are Safe for Cats and Dogs

Ease your mind—and trips to the vet—with these perfectly pet-friendly plants

Rooftop Farms: The new way Hong Kong is gardening sustainably

With their heads in the clouds and their hands in the soil, a group of office workers are busy harvesting the fruits of their labour on the roof of a Hong Kong skyscraper

How houseplants can change your life

For the author and journalist Alice Vincent, learning to grow and care for the plants in her London flat became an exercise in regrowing sense of herself