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A beginner’s guide to growing vegetables

If you’re new to vegetable growing, here are some tips to get you started. Nothing beats the taste of your own home-grown vegetables, fresh-picked and still warm from the sun. You don’t even need a garden to grow your own food – many vegetables will grow happily in a pot on a patio or balcony, and you can even grow salad and herbs on a sunny windowsill. If you’re new to vegetable growing, here are some tips to get you started.

A beginner’s guide to growing vegetables

Best flowers to grow in a hanging basket

We have picked our top ten flowers to succeed in hanging baskets with a few surprises. The best flowers to grow in a hanging basket are questions we have been asked many times. Discover them now!

Landscaping with hydrangeas

Find out everything about hydrangeas and start growing them yourself. Hydrangeas are easy to care for, and they’re perfect for lighting up a shady corner of the garden.

How to grow Sunflowers

There are many different Sunflowers varieties available in colours you might not be expecting. Knowing how to grow Sunflowers will mean you can have giant, beautiful sunflowers bringing so much joy to your garden every year. They are easy to grow and, therefore, great to grow with kids in the garden, but they are perfect for pollinators, and you can even harvest the seeds to sow the following year.

Ideas for small gardens

It is great to get creative with vertical spaces and use every part of the garden, patio or balcony to make it your very own small space, a plant-filled haven.

How to Create a Bug Hotel

Creating a bug hotel in your own garden is not only a fun activity to do with the children, but also educates them about the importance of protecting our wildlife. Learn how easy it is to create your own bug hotel, and get your little ones out in nature!

9 fun garden activities for kids

Help your kids develop green fingers with these fun gardening activities! Gardening is great for children, letting them learn about nature and their environment while developing practical skills.

Say Cheese!

This month we held our highly anticipated Cheese and Wine Supper Club at our magical Market Kitchen. With a carefully selected menu of nine kinds of cheese with wine pairings, it was safe to say everyone left feeling very merry and dreaming of cheese!

How to grow herbs indoors

This how-to grow herbs indoors advice will ensure you get the best from your herbs for the longest harvesting period you can and help to keep your herbs looking fresh and thriving indoors. Growing herbs inside is both great if you have little or no space outside but also if you want to be able to harvest herbs as and when you are cooking without heading out into the garden every time, having some growing on the kitchen windowsill can be very convenient.

Dahlia Beach X Malvern Spring Show

For this year's Malvern Spring Show, our friend Andie from Dahlia Beach was asked to dress and decorate the iconic RHS letters. With excitement, Andie jumped at the opportunity, however, soon realised she was going to need a LOT of plants!

How to grow fruit on your balcony

Imagine picking and eating your own fresh fruit straight from your balcony garden. It’s perfectly possible to do – many fruit trees and bushes grow well in pots and look beautiful and taste delicious. Here’s how to grow your own fruit on your balcony.

What to sow in the kitchen garden in May

If you are wondering what to sow in the kitchen garden in May, which is a time of year when there is so much to do in the garden, we have got you covered! Sometimes this time of year can feel a bit overwhelming with lots of jobs to do and seeds to sow, plants to pot on, harden off and plant out but keeping a list of jobs to do and ticking them off as you go along can be helpful.