Why Grow Green Manures?
Green manures are a range of seeds that are sown specifically to improve or assist with soil fertility and/or the conditioning of soil. The reason for sowing and growing green…
A Guide to Festive Houseplants and Homemade Wreaths
The festive season is here and it’s time to get decorating indoors. To make your home special this year, we have put together a thoughtful selection of this year’s festive…
Top Gifts for Wildlife Lovers
Stay close to nature and your garden wildlife with our inspiring guide of top gifts for wildlife lovers. Perhaps you would like to interact more closely with your garden friends,…
Gifts by Post
Gifts by Post Have Arrived! We want gifting to your friends and family to be super easy this year and at a click of a finger. The best surprises come…
Lockdown Gardening
This year’s events have created a new wave of interest in gardening and for the second lockdown, it’s time to get a step ahead with those put off gardening tasks…
Gifts For Gardeners Catalogue
Take the stress out of buying a gift for the gardener in your life with Dobies guide to the Top Ten Gifts For Gardeners. Finding the perfect gardening gift can…
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Roses
“If you love a rose, you have to love its thorns too.” – Matshona Dhliwayo Roses possess an ancient history from fossilised findings millions of years old, to references 7000…
Roses for the Home Florist
A collection of hardy garden roses ideal for any vase! No Summer garden is complete without a rose plant. Not only do they look beautiful in the garden but, Roses…
Grow With Dobies – Competition Entries & Winners
2020 has seen many of us finding new activities to fill our time and occupy our minds during the lockdown. We have seen how well our gardening community has adapted…
DOBIES’ NEW SEED VARIETIES – 2021
In an unprecedented year, the horticultural world has seen an explosion of interest in growing your own produce from seed. With so many of us having been impassioned to grow…