Gardening Advice

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Growing Guides

Chilli Peppers - facts and plant care

Bulbs are a great way to extended colour in your garden and pots throughout the winter. Read for some tips and advice when planting your bulbs...

Tips for sowing and growing

Sowing Phacelia

A bit about the 'whats' and 'whys' of companion plants

A list of easy-to-grow vegetable and flower seeds that children will enjoy sowing, along with some tips for sowing seed.

Advice for veg growers at the end of April

On the allotment…in the veg patch: April week 3

How you can help pollinators in your garden

Things to do on the allotment and in the garden in early April

A few suggestions for successful germination of veg seed

On your allotment – in the veg patch: August week 3

On your allotment – in the garden: early June

A guide to our top ten bee-friendly bedding plants.

On the allotment and veg patch – April week 3: Sowing Cucumbers, Courgettes, Squash and Melons

A guide to protecting plants from the damage caused by slugs and snails including a guide to some of the best mollusc resistant perennials and vegetables.

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden – April week 2

What’s going on with the Riverside bee hive in late spring

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden in early April

The secrets of germinating and growing Parsnips