It’s spring; time to plan the extravagant garden. I always go for some English fantasy with pleached hornbeam walls, mazes carved from boxwood and tall topiary sculpted into hound and hare, then ...
This month and next are prime times for sharpening your secateurs, since most fruit bushes and trees need pruning in summer for a better harvest the following year, and deciduous hedges must be ...
Sooner or later all gardeners realise that there is nothing new under the sun. Every trendy planting style, technique and design element is just a reinterpretation of what has gone before. The 26th ...
Pleaching is an artistic tree-pruning technique that is put to good use in Europe, especially in France and Holland, but not at all here in Vancouver. Why not? It’s a fabulous way of creating a ...
'My hedge hell': Monty Don on how his 15-year hedge growing project has been decimated by box blight
My garden has evolved slowly over the past 20 years but about 15 years ago we made a decision, based upon the wet, grey winters, to create an elaborate and strong structure using mainly box - Buxus ...
As another heatwave hits the UK, many Britons are looking for ways to create both shade and privacy in their gardens. While most people may invest in a pergola or an umbrella, there are more natural ...
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