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gardens... box has such lovely foliage at this time of year... I wonder what you will plant in the tulip barrels after they've finished...? Today, I have finished planting some alpines and front border plants that I bought recently... just before the rain

Paving and gravel paths can quickly become colonised by garden weeds. Follow our tips on keeping your paths pristine and weed free, below. While some plants, such as thyme and alpines, look delightful growing in the gaps between patio slabs or path

as well. They are a glorious sight in the spring. I have finished planting my daffs, crocuses and tulips but still have alliums and anemones to plant as well as scillas,pushkinias,etc in alpine troughs. my friend gave me some fritillaria uva-vulva which

Hi, Am after suggestions for fruit that'll taste great and possibly some unusual fruit that'll work in a cool temperate climate. I'm feeling inspired - Just read diacono's taste of the unexpected and Jane grigson's fruit book. Have got alpine

who have to come by car and, as  I did the year I went,  have a pushchair and toddler to drive along with all the plant purchases. Okay thanks obelixx, didn't realise its Chelsea's 100th edition ........... Any Alpine Garden Society and Scottish Rock

rcontrol, as if you had actually been gardening and designed something. I agree with artjac about alpines. It could look great, but would obviously be more expensive and would take  greater effort to start it off. You could try car boot sales, where some

small garden) and put one of the childrens windmills in each tub. it seems to keep the birds off, but the squirrel doesn't seem too bothered by it! Thanks Froglet, ingenius!! I will give it a go. You could always try suspending one of those shiny wind

sadly missed ,a true gentleman.i hope i have as much knowledge as he had and indeed as much warmth I remember Geoffrey Smith demonstrating double digging. Amazingly, it was absolutely mesmerizing. I doubt whether any other gardener could have held

on London's most ambitious balcony garden (http://londonvegetablegarden.blogspot.com)Am I better off growing these inside the windowsill in the absence of a greenhouse or is outside OK? Funny I some alpine strawberries I was given about 4 years ago growing

patch, my garden is wildlife friendly and full of flowers from borage and blue poppys to alpines, oh and i have a wildlife pond too. So I would suggest that Elsie and gardeners world research a subject properly before making rude and naive comment. Hi