The famed British plantswoman left thousands of photos from her collection to the RHS Lindley Library ...

Bring all the family for a magical evening at RHS Garden Bridgewater. See the garden in breathtaking beauty as amazing illuminations light your way on our spectacular RHS Glow trail. Find out more ...

As temperatures drop, now is a good time to bring those precious plants inside but also consider how you can best use your ...

On a farm on the edge of Bristol, Simon Maughan has been looking after 40,000 Christmas trees for the last 25 years. Read his ...

Perennial plants provide flowers in our gardens year after year. There’s a huge range to choose from, with plenty for every growing condition and for flowers at every time of year. Many are easy to ...

Straightforward to grow and ideal for beginners, French beans produce good harvests in a relatively small space and are highly decorative too, with pods in a choice of colours. There are compact ...

Coriander is an easy crop to grow from seed, for harvesting both the leaves and seeds. It’s widely used in many dishes, especially in Mexican and Asian cuisine. Simply sow seeds outdoors, in the ...

This popular leafy herb can be grown from seed indoors or bought as potted plants. Give basil warmth and sunshine, in containers or in the ground, for harvests of aromatic leaves all summer. These ...

Jerusalem artichokes are easy to grow and need little maintenance. They are tall plants that produce a prolific crop of underground Tubers are swollen, usually underground, parts of a stem or root ...

Suitable for A range of colourful willow (Salix) species and cultivars It is possible to make two sets of living willow hurdles and fill the gap with soil which makes a solid structure. Permanent ...

Pioneering social reformer Octavia Hill (1838–1912), a founder of the National Trust, believed that ‘the healthy gift of air and the joy of plants and flowers’ were vital in everyone’s life. She ...

Known as the prayer plant, as it folds its leaves at night. It is a variable, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial. It has elliptic to ovate shaped, dark green leaves with silver lines from the midrib ...