Category: ‘How To’ Guides

Planting fruit trees and growing your own crops is incredibly rewarding! Whether you’re looking to plant an orchard or seeking petite plants for your patio pots, here’s how to get…

Offering year-round structure and interest, slow-growing Bay (Laurus nobilis) is a great choice for adding an evergreen welcome to your home and makes a fabulous focal point for the balcony,…

With this guide, you’ll achieve wonderful winter garden displays to brighten your outside space and lift your spirits in the dark days of winter. Why use winter bedding plants? Bedding…

Winter bedding plants make it easy to create colourful displays that keep your garden looking great even through the cold winter months. Whether you’re after blooming borders, containers full of…

A garden border bursting with colour, structure and some interesting varieties thrown in the mix, is often a frequent gardener’s dream. However, an immaculate garden border is often deemed as…

As lockdown continues but we see hope for fewer restrictions to commence in the second half of 2021, there is still plenty of sunnier months ahead and time to redesign…

While we are spending more time at home and in our gardens, this makes the ideal time to get our hands dirty and get ahead with gardening projects in our…

At Dobies we look for appealing qualities in all our new veg plant varieties, whether it’s a plant that is less susceptible to disease, one that yields more, is specially…

Valentine’s day is coming soon and it’s the perfect chance to share the love! It’s not just a special day for romantic relationships, but a wonderful time of year to…

If you’re searching to grow something new in the garden, then look no further than the New Rob Smith Range. We have a selection of new flower seeds, vegetables and…