Fruit

How to Grow Your Own Blueberries - The Easily Grown Super Food

In this handy growing guide, Robert Hall gives a step-by-step tutorial on how to look after and grow your own blueberry plants at home in the UK.

Grow Your Own
Fruit

Written by Robert Hall.
Published on Friday, 7th of July, 2023.
Updated on Thursday, 10th of August, 2023.

What To Do In The Garden in June

At this time of the year you'll find a fabulous selection of summer bedding at our Garden Centre in Birmingham. Plant the bedding out in borders and containers this month to achieve a wonderful display of colour and here are some other jobs to do in the garden during June.

Jobs
June
Lawn Care

Written by David Coton.
Published on Sunday, 27th of May, 2018.
Updated on Thursday, 1st of June, 2023.

What To Do In The Garden In October

It's autumn and David Coton is getting the garden prepared for the onset of colder weather but, at the same time, the arrival of spring bulbs in the garden centre is a reminder that we should also now be planning ahead for next year.

October
Lawn Care
Hanging Baskets

Written by David Coton.
Published on Monday, 2nd of October, 2017.
Updated on Monday, 4th of November, 2024.

What To Do In The Garden In December

Whether it's a bleak December or the more mild weather we are becoming used to, you can still spend useful time in the garden during the last month of the year. David Coton suggests some garden jobs that can occupy the short days.

Winter Ponds
Pond Fish
Pond Maintenance

Written by David Coton.
Published on Monday, 20th of November, 2017.
Updated on Saturday, 26th of November, 2022.

What To Do In The Garden In May

With spring encouraging everyone out into the garden and the threat of frost disappearing during May, David Coton is in no doubt that May is going to be one of the busiest months of the year.

Pond Maintenance
Jobs
May

Written by David Coton.
Published on Monday, 30th of April, 2018.
Updated on Thursday, 12th of May, 2022.

Container Gardening

If you have a small garden, courtyard, or no garden at all, container growing might be the perfect way to fill your outside space with some of your favourite plants. David Coton considers timber and stone containers and how best to use them.

Stone Ornaments
Garden Ornaments
Patio

Written by David Coton.
Published on Monday, 11th of May, 2015.
Updated on Tuesday, 7th of March, 2023.

Caring for Citrus Plants

You may well have received a citrus plant as a present at Christmas or the New Year. David Coton shares his knowledge on how best to look after these attractive plants that will bear fruit if provided with ideal environment.

May
Christmas Plants
Christmas

Written by David Coton.
Published on Monday, 16th of February, 2015.
Updated on Tuesday, 7th of March, 2023.

Alys Fowler: Soft Fruit And The Great British Garden Revival

Soft fruit was featured in a recent edition of the Great British Garden Revival and David Coton was impressed by Alys Fowler’s enthusiasm for all sorts of berries that can be grown in our gardens.

Fruit
Organic Gardening
Allotment

Written by David Coton.
Published on Thursday, 22nd of January, 2015.