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  1. top 10 container plants for summer 2025

    top 10 container plants for summer 2025

    Looking to add more container magic for your summer garden for 2025? Discover new and exciting annuals, shrubs and perennials from our list below, as well as some classic favourites. Let's find out ...

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  2. Our Guide to the Ultimate British Cottage Garden

    Our Guide to the Ultimate British Cottage Garden

    We are all familiar with the billowing froth and whimsy of the cottage garden style but where did it come from, what characterises the style and how can we achieve it? Here is your go to guide!Cottage...

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  3. Garden Styles

    Garden Styles

    So, we’ve just entered a new year and we’re stuck in another national lockdown; what else is there to do but focus on our homes and gardens? Everyone needs to stay safe and stay home where ...

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  4. Calamondin Orange & Almond Cake

    Calamondin Orange & Almond Cake

    This recipe takes a 1950s favourite and adds that tropical twist that we love. Ingredients: 8 calamondins3 eggs140 caster sugar1/2 teaspoon of baking powder140g ground almondsFor the syrup:6 ...

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  5. How to Create and Fill a Raised Garden Bed

    How to Create and Fill a Raised Garden Bed

    For many of us, the main benefit of a raised garden bed is the ability to garden with a lot less bending and kneeling! The plus points do not end there, though. Raised beds also drain well, and the ...

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  6. 5 Insta-Worthy Garden Colour Schemes

    5 Insta-Worthy Garden Colour Schemes

    If your phone is almost full to capacity with pictures of gardens, flowers, trees and plants then do not fear - you are among good company with us! We love to take photos of beautiful things and ...

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  7. how to create a pet friendly garden

    how to create a pet friendly garden

    We all love our pets and consider them part of the family. Therefore, it is vital that they do not come to any harm whilst out and about in the garden. Many of us unknowingly have poisonous plants in ...

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  8. top 10 drought tolerant plants

    top 10 drought tolerant plants

    With our summers becoming hotter and hotter each year, as gardeners we have an ever-increasing need for drought tolerant plants. There's nothing worse than spending time and money planting flowers ...

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  9. Top 5 Late Flowering Perennials

    Top 5 Late Flowering Perennials

    As the summer comes to an end and the days get shorter, it is lovely to see your garden filled with plants that are still flowering in abundance and producing welcome colour. Read on for a few chosen ...

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