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7 perennials you can grow from seed – save money by sowing them now and bring colour to your garden year after year

Sow your own perennials now and you'll be rewarded with an abundance of blooms

Ideal Home

How to get your garden ready for summer: 13 things you can do right now, according to the experts

Looking to refresh your outdoor space? We asked garden professionals for their top tips, from planting and composting to new garden furniture

The Guardian - UK

RHS develops ‘robust lawn’ that works for people, pollinators and pets

Full of clovers and dandelions, with a hard-wearing rye grass, the approach is environmentally friendly and usable

The Guardian - UK

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Householders urged not to ‘scrub moss off garden’ or be precious about lawn

Gardening experts were setting out their top tips ahead of the annual Chelsea Flower Show.

Evening Standard

RHS delays promise to make shows peat-free in face of ‘legislative black hole’

The horticultural charity says it ‘can’t steer this ship alone’ in the shift to peat-free gardening.

The Independent UK

‘Spectacular year’ for Japanese cherry blossoms at RHS Wisley

The Yoshino cherry, chosen by renowned landscape artist Christopher Bradley-Hole, was planted in 2018.

Evening Standard

Why you can expect to see fewer slugs in the garden this spring

There’s been a significant drop in slug populations after a record-breaking year

The Independent UK

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Sluggish year for slugs as experts predict fewer numbers this spring

After a bumper year for the slimy molluscs in 2024, the Royal Horticultural Society says numbers will be down this spring.

Evening Standard

‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

Trusts work with the Royal Horticultural Society to create outdoor refuges for staff and patients

The Guardian - UK

10 things you didn’t know about hoverflies

A new campaign aims to help us attract these endangered insects into our gardens.

The Independent UK

Gardens to visit for the best displays of spring bulbs

Admire the drifts of daffodils, crocuses and tulips throughout spring at favourite gardens

The Independent UK

How to remove algae from a fence — 4 methods that will banish the green and prevent wood rot

You don’t have to replace a fence if it’s covered in algae. Here's what to do…

Ideal Home

How to make your balcony a calm outdoor space

Muted colours and a focus on foliage can all help, says a RHS Chelsea Flower Show designer.

The Independent UK

Britons urged to join hunt for rare daffodil breeds amid extinction fears

RHS is asking people to look for under-threat varieties such as the Sussex Bonfire and Mrs William Copeland

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The Independent UK

5 unusual daffodil types and how to grow them

Enjoy these spring favourites as the RHS launches a daffodil campaign.

The Independent UK

Public urged to help map daffodils and hunt for rare varieties this spring

The Royal Horticultural Society is launching a ‘daffodil diaries’ project to record the whereabouts of the popular spring bloom.

The Guardian - UK

‘Humanure’: RHS plans rollout of first compost toilet to fertilise flowerbeds

The horticultural charity’s showpiece garden in Surrey is setting aside an space to test human waste fertiliser

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How to rescue your garden from storm damage – 5 things to check and do now to avoid future problems

Wet and windy weather wreaking havoc on your garden? Look this way...

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The Independent UK

Royal Horticultural Society calls for £6m from government after M25 roadworks 'disrupt access'

Charity sees 25 per cent drop in visitors since beginning of major M25 roadworks

The Independent UK

How to set up a community garden

It can open up a world of physical, environmental and social benefits.

Evening Standard

Alan Titchmarsh pushes for compensation for ‘enormously damaging’ roadworks

The RHS said it has lost £6 million as a result of the A3/M25 roadworks close to its flagship garden Wisley, in Surrey.

The Independent UK

RHS calls for compensation for ‘£6m loss due to road scheme near Wisley gardens’

Alan Titchmarsh has backed RHS calls for compensation to protect funding for environmental research and community projects.

The Guardian - UK

Fig and almond trees thriving in UK thanks to fewer frosts, RHS says

Society to retire plants no longer suited to UK’s changing climate after 14% fewer days of ground frost recorded

Evening Standard

Alan Titchmarsh ‘thrilled to bits’ at CBE in New Year Honours

He is being honoured for services to horticulture and to charity.

The Independent UK

Traditional garden bedding plants are out. Here’s what to replace them with

Salvias, heather and dahlias have proved particularly popular alternatives

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