The prestigious RHS Medals and Awards are handed out as the Show opens. Take a tour of the gardens and see if you agree with ...

Malvern Autumn Show celebrates the best of the harvest with fruit & veg competitions, awards for vintage dress, cake bakes ...

What are oak gall wasps? Oaks, especially the native species Quercus robur and Q. petraea are the host plants for more than 70 species of cynipid gall wasp. It is the larval stage of these insects ...

A perennial bulb with broadly lance-shaped green leaves. This Triumph group tulip has dark reddish purple flowers with an orange pink margin, produced in mid-spring. Flowers stand to around 35cm high ...

Can you help us find some fascinating fungi at RHS Wisley? This autumn we are calling on visitors to become community ...

More than four fifths of the UK population live in urban areas, often with limited access to nature. With this in mind, ensuring that domestic and shared gardens are created and maintained in new ...

Anna Allerton started to experience severe symptoms of perimenopause in her late 30s while on maternity leave with her second daughter. These symptoms worsened on her return to work and led her to ...

Thyme (Thymus) is a compact evergreen shrub with small aromatic leaves. It’s easy to grow in a warm, sunny spot, in free-draining soil or containers. It’s also drought tolerant and needs little ...

A perennial to 25cm in height, forming extensive colonies. Erect racemes of nodding, bell-shaped, fragrant white flowers arise with the paired, elliptic leaves ...

Iconic and romantic, our native foxgloves are instantly recognisable – their spires of purple bells adorning woodland clearings and cottage gardens. And now, with new hybrids and different species ...

Broccoli, or sprouting broccoli, is a delicious, nutritious and easy-to-grow member of the cabbage family. It forms multiple small clusters of purple or white A bud is a small, undeveloped shoot that ...

A method of growing new plants from parts of an existing plant, such as sections of root, stem, leaf or bud. When prepared correctly and planted in the right conditions, they can produce roots and ...