The weather hasn’t been wonderful in 2024, but even heavy showers and high winds can’t hold back lots of excitement and activity in the gardening world. From flood-proof gardens and sustainable planting at RHS Chelsea in May to in-demand annuals for hanging baskets to brighten up our outdoor space, there’s been lots to enjoy, embrace…
In a bid to mitigate the trend of junk food consumption by Nigerian children, the University of Ibadan, on Thursday, unveiled a toolkit for kids to carry out safe planting and gardening activities at school and home environments. The toolkit concealed in a box includes garden tools like a hand spade and fork, hand gloves,…
By the time you are reading this, we will have had our first killing frost. Unlike the last couple of years, it was a gentle frost with normal cool temperatures in the following days. The last couple of years have seen brutal temperature drops into the teens followed almost immediately with snow. The leaves froze…
Knowing how to propagate tradescantia is the easiest hack for increasing your collection of this houseplants or if you want to create a bushier existing plant. One of the joys of growing houseplants is propagating – increasing your houseplants for free. Since a key element to caring for tradescantia zebrina is pruning (which prevents the…
AFTER mowing your grass religiously for weeks during the summer, there comes a time when you stop for winter. Grass cutting is an essential task during the spring and summer months, when the warmer temperatures cause lawns to grow thick and long. 1 Grass doesn’t need to be mowed during winter – overcutting could damage…
Gardeners who grow roses will love the colour they add to their outdoor space. However, during autumn and winter months it can be a hard time to keep the plant alive in many gardens across the UK. Graham Smith, a gardening expert at LBS Horticulture, has shared how people can look after roses in autumn….
“The Permaculture Design certification course changed my life. They gave me a foundation to start designing the reality I wanted to live in,” William Padilla-Brown says on Oct. 18, 2024, at his home in Los Angeles. (Photo by Brandelyn Clark/Cronkite News) LOS ANGELES – Amid the barren patches of dirt scattered throughout Los Angeles’ bustling…
After a long, dark winter, the appearance of early spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils are a welcome, colorful harbinger of spring. If you want to look forward to a garden full of yellow, pink, white and red flowers before other plants have poked their heads up, now is the time to plant spring flowering…
