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'First decent day of the year," said the man taking ticket money at Welford Park in Berkshire, where earlier this month, I went to see snowdrops. And it was true. The sun was hot enough to tickle scent from the snowy flowers lining the verges and I staggered up towards the house, eyes closed,...

Ah, that is a bit of an issue then. Is there no alternative for peat that is suitable then?

A new plant hardiness rating system will come into play in 2013 for AGM plants after two years in development.Continue reading...

If you want delicious rhubarb for cooking, now's the time to plant it. Which? Gardening put the best varieties through a taste testContinue reading...

From small back gardens to school gardeners our 2012 show has features to interest everyone.Continue reading...

Plans are already taking shape for our exciting 10th RHS Flower Show Cardiff in 2014!Continue reading...

Check out the diverse and exciting range of interactive areas and plant displays at this year’s Malvern Spring Gardening Show.Continue reading...

Make a note in your diary for RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show on 9-14 July 2013.Continue reading...

Find out about the exciting features and displays planned for the 2014 show.Continue reading...

There's plenty for plant and garden enthusiasts to enjoyContinue reading...

Cabbage dispatchContinue reading...

The 'Queen of Preserves', Thane Prince comes to Francine Raymond's rescue, and shares some advice on what to do with an excess of homegrown fruitContinue reading...

RHS tips and tricks for gardening in September.Continue reading...

From planting alliums to pollinating fruit trees: RHS tips and tricks for October gardening.Continue reading...

Gardening tips and advice from the RHS for November.Continue reading...

Handy tips from the RHS for gardening in February, from sowing sweet peas to choosing a propagatorContinue reading...

RHS tips and tricks for gardening in December, from protecting pots to feeding the birdsContinue reading...

For flower power, particularly in a small garden, there is nothing to beat clematis. There are a few with handsome leaves, such as the evergreen early flowering C. armandii, but for the most part, flowers are all they have got. Form, and substance, can be borrowed from other shrubs. Clematis...

There have been colder winters. There have been snowier ones. But has there ever been a longer, drearier one? In my mind, winter started on 7 July last summer, in the hideous night of storm and landslide from which we here, in the West Country, have still scarcely recovered.Continue...

I've just finished reading Life in the Gardeners' Bothy (Malthouse Press 2000) by Arthur Hooper, who, born in 1908, never wanted to be anything else but a gardener. After washing pots, sieving soil and washing greenhouses for his father, a head gardener himself, Arthur was sent off to Fonthill...