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
GARDENING TIPS
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
How to grow potatoes
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.
The Best Indoor Cacti
And how to keep them alive
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