Tired of killing every house plant you touch? These ten indoor plants thrive on minimal care and forgive even the most ...

These days we're all more aware of the benefits of eating seasonally. Not only do fruit and vegetables taste better when grown in season, but they're also often cheaper to buy. Eating seasonally is ...

Ginger lilies are exotic perennials with bold foliage and spikes of bright flowers. They are often used in tropical style borders in combination with other dramatic plants, such as large-leaved cannas ...

Making your own compost is a great way of recycling green waste. You can make compost in all but the very smallest of spaces and there's nothing better than using your own homemade garden compost, ...

In its native habitat, Rhus typhina can grow to heights of more than 20m, but in the UK it's not likely to grow taller than 5m, making it a perfect tree for small gardens. Bear in mind, however, that ...

House plants in the office can help to reduce stress levels, increase concentration and therefore productivity, and generally make the office a nicer environment to work in. The types of house plant ...

Horse manure is the waste (excrement) that comes from horses. It's often mixed with stable bedding. In stables, the floors are covered with a layer of organic material to absorb the waste that horses ...

The traditional lawn is becoming less favourable now that droughts are more common as the effects of climate change intensify. On drought-prone, free-draining soil, lawn grass turns brown when under ...

Creating beautiful planting schemes for your border is simple if you follow some key rules. The main tip is to choose plants that are suited to the conditions in your garden. If you want a spectacular ...

What is top dressing a lawn? Top dressing is the process of renovating a tired, patchy, or bumpy lawn or achieving a high-quality lawn by adding a thin layer of bulky dressing to the surface. This ...

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 ...

Ixia (Ixia spp.) is a beautiful spring-flowering plant belonging to the iris family, boasting star-shaped flowers in a range of colours including pink, red, white, blue and purple. It's native to ...