GARDENING TIPS

How to grow tomatoes

How to grow tomatoes with the help of gardener Alex Miller

Focus on: Winter Squash

They have firm, nutty flesh that can be roasted, puréed or made into soup, and are invaluable for the winter store cupboard

Here is how you can look after your plants in winter

We are in the middle of winter.

Discover South Africa’s rarest roses

From ancient times to the present day, the rose has been a timeless symbol of beauty, transience and love

How to plant beautiful window boxes for every season

Follow our guide to making the most of your window boxes and your house will soon be the envy of the whole street

Big blousy blooms create architectural drama and lure biodiversity to this Franschhoek garden

One would be hard-pressed to know that the gardens at La Cotte Farm in Franschhoek are in their infancy

How to grow sweet peas

Sow your seeds in pots under cover in a bright spot during (very late) winter or early spring

How imaginative planting in containers can bring colour to a winter garden

Sarah Raven looks at how imaginative planting in containers can bring colour, form, and texture to a winter garden

Garden 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 potatoes, with the help of West Dean gardener Alex Miller

The true confessions of a serial houseplant killer

Here are the five greatest mistakes I made as I progressed to someone who manages to keep things mostly alive - sometimes even thriving

What Are the Must-Have Tools for Gardening?

Whether you’re just getting started or a seasoned green thumb, we asked an expert what you should be stocking up on

Looking to Spice Up Your Plant Shelf? Carnivorous Plants are the Answer

Carnivorous plants are beautiful, useful, and, yes, a little weird

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

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.