Floral Inspiration With Brooklyn Mall
We explore the perfect places to shop for flowers and floral décor accessories at the trendy Brooklyn Mall
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A boundless Cape Garden above the eastern slopes of Table Mountain
A boundless Cape garden, brimming with swaying drifts of textured planting and a dreamy colour palette, floats above the eastern slopes of Table Mountain
Why we shouldn't be cutting our lawns, and what you can do instead
As beloved garden personality Monty Don urges us to stop cutting our lawns, we look at the pros and cons and what the options are if you put the mower away
Picture Perfect
A garden of many rooms is inspired by a long-standing romance with formalism and love of the natural world
Our garden editor on why you should be growing flowers from seed
Garden Editor Clare Foster’s new book The Flower Garden: How to grow Flowers from Seed is published on March 25. Here she describes how the book project began.
The Best Indoor Cacti
And how to keep them alive
How to grow spinach and chard
House & Garden UK editor Clare Foster examines the mainstays of the kitchen garden, and offers advice for their cultivation. In this part, she looks at how to grow spinach and chard, with the help of West Dean gardener Alex Miller
This year’s biggest gardening trend:Flourishing wild gardens
A trend reminiscent of leisurely drives through the countryside, passing slender tufts of grass, scattered flowers and beautiful wildlife
Floral Compass
Discovers an indigenous garden and thriving ecosystem planted as an ode to our local plant heritage
Our UK garden editor Clare Foster on the big gardening trends for 2021
Our garden editor Clare Foster talks us through the garden trends to look out for in 2021, from micro-gardens to growing from seed
Beginner guide for plant parents
If there is anything that comes with being a plant parent, is that sometimes your green girls can get brown tips on their leaves.
How to choose trees for your garden
House & Garden UK garden editor Clare Foster, introduces the wonderful wealth of arboreal possibilities and advises on choosing the right tree for your garden
Earthworms play a big role in your garden’s ecosystem
As earthworms tunnel down, they aerate the soil, providing better water penetration and space for roots to grow
Gardening for the holidays
Here are a few tips for those going away and those staying home
How to grow vegetables in pots
If you don’t have much space here are the 5 steps to follow to create an urban vegetable garden
Eight indoor plants that improve overall health and wellness
Besides adding to the look of your decor, indoor plants have proved to improve overall mental health and well-being
5 ways to be water-wise in your garden
South Africa is a water scarce country and keeping a garden in good shape requires this precious resource in abundance.
Why having a garden in front of your house is good for your mental health
A recently published study has shown that having plants in domestic front gardens (front yards) is associated with lower signs of stress