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Could garden plants reduce your winter heating bills? Some interesting research has been conducted at the University of Sheffield and by other organisations around the world that highlights the value of trees and plants surrounding buildings

Hello, I have a part of my garden which needs to be designed! I have recently had a wood burning stove fitted which meant that the old chimney pot had to be removed. As it had been on the roof for 80 years I did not want it taken away do

really come to appreciate succulents and I am slowly making a nice collection of them. I'm fond of them too, particularly for their leaf colours. I planted some last year in the roof garden on Insect Towers.  Looks like they've come through the winter OK

In Joe Swift's garden design section in this week's Gardener's World, there was an interesting-looking path. It was made of long thin strips of stone, slate maybe? Laid in lines going across the direction of the path. Perhaps 1-2 inches wide. I

Hi - my garden has been overtaken this year by a big gang of adolescent starlings.  They eat all of the food as soon as I put it down, they constantly fight with other little birds to discourage them from using the feeders, they squeal all the time

's resources he could arrange something like that for the GW pond In an ideal world that would be fantastic Steve, but my garden pond gets enough rainwater straight from the sky here in sunny Scotland, if i ran the rainfall from my roof to my pond i would

those I wouldn't have room for sleepers as its the side o bed bordering neighbour and already have brooms in there. Dragged OH up the garden and he tells me we have some old roof tiles and flags we could use , he will dig a trench to secure them

Hi all had to come back to Tenby from house hunting in Norfolk due to Snow warnings weather and road works,, 8 hours to do a 5 hour trip,anyway came home to tiles that should be on the front roof  now decorating the front garden,  bottom fence blown

and there are flurries of snow whipping off the roofs, and a rather disgruntled chicken is scuffling about like a well-wrapped babushka haggling in a street market in Minsk.Gardeners are obsessed with weather. It’s often too dry, too wet, too cold, too hot, not snowy

, with more and more show gardens embracing wildlife-friendly trends such as green roofs and wildflower meadows. But there are still those that focus on the majestic and the exotic, on straight lines and immaculate water features. Of course, many are designed