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that creates and maintains gardens for children's hospices throughout the country, enabling children and their families to enjoy wonderful gardens and play areas.This is a rose whose name says it all. 'The One & Only' is the perfect rose to give or to grow

trying to maintain a well ordered and good-looking field then it is good to use both types of animal as the cattle do a sort of scarifying, while the sheep nibble it all down to a close crop. Sheep are much more selective and fussy feeders than cattle

into freshly dug and improved soil, while the very old central portions of clumps can be discarded.This helps maintain youthful vigour in your borders, resulting in strong growth and great flowering performance.

pustules on yellowing leaves. Rose rust doesn't kill roses, but it does take the edge off an otherwise glorious display.And this is where I'm pulled in two opposing directions. Do I maintain health and vigour, and spray regularly with fungicides to keep my

-free compostBroken crockPlace a piece of broken crock over the hole in the base of the pot to maintain good drainage. Add peat-free compost until the container is about two-thirds full.Knock out each herb plant from its pot and arrange in the container.Once all

feature.Add a mini pond to your garden.Follow Chris Beardshaw's video advice on growing marginal plants in a pot.How to maintain a healthy pond, with Chris Beardshaw's advice.

.More advice for growing acid-loving plantsGrowing acid-loving azalea with campanula.Maintaining acid soil conditions for blueberries and cranberries.Sowing bluebell seeds.Dealing with rhododendron leaf spot.

and algae.Water insectsNewts lay their eggs on pond plants. Good varieties to include are water forget-me-nots, watercress and reeds.NewtsMore on garden pondsHow to build a garden pond.Make a mini-pond.Top 10 pond plantsHow to maintain a Garden pond

of 18-21°C to germinate, so do consider investing in a heated propagator to maintain a constant temperature through March and April.Good quality seed compostPotsSummer bedding seedsVermiculiteMarch - April10 minutes to sow the seedsJune - September

More on garden pondsAdvice on attracting wildlife to your pondTop 10 pond plantsVideo advice on maintaining a healthy pondBlog on pond plants by Kate BradburyLearn more about water gardening