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There is a large development going on near where I live. In the planning agreement one of the conditions was that a primary school had to be built after 500 homes were sold. The developer wants to change that to 1200 homes, claiming there is no current need for the school. The developer...

We went there a few years ago - my dream garden!

Pic to show flower and seed pods that burst to throw seeds away from the parent plant.

If you follow the advice given above re ensuring the containers are able to drain well and raise the containers off the ground so excess water can run out, there is little more you can do whilst the rain continues other than providing some form of cover for each container. A few sticks in each...

Yes I agree with previous posts. You need to do a light trim now ( so as not to stimulate overgrowth) and a summer prune later in August or September. With the summer prune you will reduce vigour as you will remove energy from the sap and leaves being taken out. The reason winter pruning...

@PoppyB we have a Cytisus that was labelled as "Albus", which is meant to get up to 1.5m max, and it has reached 2.5 m. But that might be an exception.Regarding pyracantha, it all depends on your personal preferences of course. You can thin it out. If on the other hand they are clipped into a...

Here is a piç of some of my seedlings ready to plant after the last frost 2025. Well worth the price of soil and the bit of electricity the LEDs use.

The first morning sun for February has lit up the grasses and bamboo in my lower garden. I don't mind winter days like this!

All my plants are edible but I wouldn't say they are decorative and some have never fruited eg my figs Some plants just constantly die eg my cranberries

I still like my soil block method.