The Garden Journal

What to Plant Each Month: A UK Gardening Calendar

What to Plant Each Month: A UK Gardening Calendar

Timing shapes everything in a British garden. This month-by-month calendar sets out what to sow, plant and harvest through the year, alongside the seasonal jobs that keep beds, borders and...

What to Plant Each Month: A UK Gardening Calendar

Timing shapes everything in a British garden. This month-by-month calendar sets out what to sow, plant and harvest through the year, alongside the seasonal jobs that keep beds, borders and...

Garden fork lifting dark crumbly compost-enriched soil in a British garden bed with a wheelbarrow of compost behind.

How to Prepare Your Soil for Healthier Plants

Healthy plants begin below ground. This guide explains how to identify your soil type, test drainage and pH, improve heavy clay or free-draining sand, and use compost and mulch to...

How to Prepare Your Soil for Healthier Plants

Healthy plants begin below ground. This guide explains how to identify your soil type, test drainage and pH, improve heavy clay or free-draining sand, and use compost and mulch to...

Beginner gardener planting a herb seedling into a raised bed with a trowel and watering can beside them in a UK back garden.

Gardening for Beginners: How to Start Your Firs...

Starting your first garden needn't be daunting. This beginner-friendly guide walks UK gardeners through assessing light and space, choosing forgiving plants, planting properly and building simple habits that keep everything...

Gardening for Beginners: How to Start Your Firs...

Starting your first garden needn't be daunting. This beginner-friendly guide walks UK gardeners through assessing light and space, choosing forgiving plants, planting properly and building simple habits that keep everything...