Think bigger, not more "When it comes to front gardens, one bold statement can have more impact than lots of smaller ...

The immersive nature of rail travel is slower, greener, and infinitely more relaxing than being behind the wheel of a car. From short city hops to mountain railways and routes that span continents, ...

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Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are also known as Chinese chives or oriental garlic, and are not to be confused with chives (Allium schoenoprasum). Garlic chives are a perennial herb, very similar to ...

How to get rid of house plant flies (fungus gnats) House Plants How to grow ctentanthe (never never plant) House Plants ...

Keeping chickens follows a long tradition of poultry keeping that reaches back for millennia. Chickens have lots of character and they're fairly easy to keep in most back gardens, even for beginners, ...

Heavenly bamboo, sacred bamboo or Chinese sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica, is an elegant evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub that looks good in every season. Its delicate, evergreen foliage has red or ...

Out of sight, below the ground, the soil teems with life. Much of the living mass of soils is made up of fungi, which form extensive underground networks, working in partnership with plants and ...

Creeping phlox or moss phlox (Phlox subulata) is a dwarf plant that forms low-growing cushions or mats of slender evergreen leaves and turns into a blaze of colour in late spring and early summer.

Star jasmine (also sometimes known as Chinese jasmine), Trachelospermum jasminoides, is a beautifully scented, evergreen climber. Perfect for growing up a warm wall, or a fence, it's slow growing ...

When designing a garden it can be difficult to know where to begin. How do you assess the space, draw up a plan, start planting? And what about paths, boundaries, seating and screens? Whether you're ...

Bonsai is the ancient Japanese art of training and pruning a tree that is growing in a small pot and therefore has constrained growth. Indoor bonsai trees make popular and unusual gifts for house ...