It quite an experience to visit the gracious gardens of Highnam Court. The landscape was suffused with intense colour. Here are 3 things we learnt from our visit.

How to use foliage for great visual impact, and how to get variety and interest in a garden.

The club’s resident guru, Austen Perkins gave a talk about managing lawns. Starting with, “Grow the grass and you’ll smother the moss,” Austen gave us some advice: Feed the grass in spring and don’t mow too close. When the grass is long, set the blades for a higher cut and then mow again lower after…

We’ve lived in our house for 44years. My husband continually complained how untidy the veg patch was and how it spoilt the otherwise lovely garden and said that it would look so much better put down to grass. I refused to do this until five years ago when he was excavating the front garden and…

Soapy water will not destroy an aphid infestation. So what can gardeners do to protect plants?

Club members recently spent an evening learning how to easily and efficiently propagate plants from cuttings. Here are some things we learnt.

Tips from Westbury Water Gardens’ head gardener.

A look at chickens that turn into pets and what it takes to raise pigs.

There are more than 3,000 fuchsia varieties and most of the species originate from the forests of Central and South America. They vary from shrubs to small trees.