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at the gardening world around him. Those wry comments, quick wit and observation added massively to the appeal of Gardeners' Question Time. There was no messing with John, who said things straight as he saw them.His plant and horticultural knowledge added

In the latest issue of Gardeners' World magazine, I go head-to-head with James Alexander-Sinclair by suggesting that gardeners are doing more harm than good by too much autumn tidying. I just know that all this anti-gardening talk is going to get me

This weekend is the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, the world's largest bird survey. In last year's Birdwatch, over 400,000 people sat for an hour and noted which species visited their gardens; six million birds were counted. The Big Garden Birdwatch

Some of you might remember that Gardeners' World did a bit of filming in my garden last year. Anyway, I thought it would be briefly interesting to revisit the bit of planting I redid for their benefit to see how it is getting on a year or so later

Well, here I sit in the backstage area of the main theatre at BBC Gardeners' World Live, taking a tiny break between shows. There's a real buzz in the air. Earlier we recorded the first of several mini Gardeners' Question Time programmes. It

The other day there was a tweet* from Gardeners' World regarding a post I wrote on this blog a couple of years ago, about my top five trees for small gardens.While I still stick with those five I thought I might try and add a further five just

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Many aches and pains associated with gardening may be relieved using home-made herb oils, which are great for massaging into tight muscles.Comfrey ointment can be used for relieving pain from sprains, arthritis and inflammation, as well as rubbing

Dogwood stems bring life to a fading garden after the leaves have all fallen. This dogwood variety has lime-green bark but you can also find red- and yellow-stemmed options. Snowdrops and lilyturfs set off the vivacity of the cornus's stem colour