Stephanie's Garden Blog

Why does my climbing hydrangea show a reluctance to flower...?

Composting is a great subject for the school curriculum. It embraces science, nature and really opens our eyes to the environment and the future - oh, and I forgot history as it's been around for quite a while!

Is there a way of combating the dull, overcast days of late winter and early spring and bring our plants on earlier than they should? Horticulturist Martin Fiddes thinks there might be...

Versatile is certainly a word which applies to the tub trug, a real gardener's ally.

Slugs and snails consistently feature in the top three of the Royal Horticultural Society's annual Garden Pest List, cementing their position as one of the gardener's arch-enemies.

'Flying Ant Day' isn't eagerly anticipated like an annual event such as a birthday or Christmas - in fact it's probably not anticipated at all, eagerly or otherwise

We sent our horticulturist Martin Fiddes off to the packed Norfolk Showground to appear as a Master Composter on the Norfolk County Council (NCC) stand at the Royal Norfolk Show recently

Badgers are certainly headline news at present and without getting drawn into the debate on the proposed cull, it's fair to say they can be a major pest in the vegetable garden.

It's a meeting of the 'H's' this week as Harrod Horticultural comes to Hoveton Hall with the new Garden Arch range the catalyst for the get together