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Our team of horti experts travel the globe all year round and they’ve made an exciting discovery in Germany which we’re thrilled to be sharing with the gardening nation here…

If you love a good old tomato we’ve got some excellent news – it’s officially British Tomato Week! The nation’s celebrating everything that’s fantastic about the tomato this week, and…

National Gardening Week’s in full swing – and we’re all about encouraging Britain’s gardeners to join forces and grow together. There are some fantastic initiatives that make it easier than…

It’s National Gardening Week from 30th April – 6th May, and what better reason to celebrate all the things that make being a gardener great? The connection between nature and…

The use of gardening to boost health and wellbeing is a subject that’s close to our hearts here at Dobies, so we’re thrilled to be sponsors of the Growing Better…

After weeks of sunshine I’m not quite sure why I visited the Dobies plant nursery on the first rainy day, but I did. Did I say rain? It was more…

This week a copy of the 1975 Dobies Seed catalogue landed on my desk. Found by someone clearing the home of a sadly deceased relative. Much of our archive material…

When Is a Nut Not a Nut? When It’s a Tiger Nut! Despite containing the word nut in its name, Tiger Nuts are not actually nuts but rather the tubers…

Zinnias are declared as being the flower of the year for 2017. With their huge range of colours, heights and flower sizes there’s at least one zinnia for every garden.

Here’s hoping you enjoyed a special Christmas and found time to complete the 2016 Dobies Gardening Quiz. Interested to know how well you did? Then checkout the answers below and…