Category: garden care

Your garden needn't look bare in winter. Winter interest doesn't just come from bedding plants. Many are useful for their bright foliage, attractive winter stems or fabulous fragrance.

August is a great time to take stock of your borders and containers. In a couple of months they will begin to fade and so it’s worth planning ahead.

Organic gardening and organic growing mean to team up and work alongside natural systems and cycles in your garden. In this scenario, there is very little use of manufactured chemical…

Getting outside on chilly winter days can be a challenge even for dedicated gardeners! While December doesn’t offer blooms and bountiful harvests, it’s the perfect time to turn your green…

As any gardener will tell you, the compost heap is the beating heart of a garden. The cherished ‘black gold’ is essential for the health of your garden and plants;…

Autumn means shorter daylight hours and falling leaves, but there’s still plenty to do in the garden to prepare for the next growing season. In fact, tackling a few simple…

Professional quality, sustainable and RHS-endorsed Melcourt leads the way with this new range of nine professional-quality sustainable products, which are all RHS-endorsed. Here you will find everything from multipurpose compost…

For Kitchens & Gardens Composting is the perfect way to assist the health of your soil and it’s a great way to ensure nothing is wasted. Compost bins have also…

How and why we have gone peat-free in 2020! Going Peat Free This year we have worked tirelessly to ensure that all of the plants we grow ourselves are 100%…

Weeding is a marmite job, some gardeners gain great satisfaction from a day spent weeding, others simply hate it. So why is weeding so important? Weeds compete with plants for…