Gardening for Everyone
Get easy, expert gardening tips that really work, with down-to-earth advice to help every gardener grow better, brighter, more beautiful results.
After a hot, dry summer, it pays to rethink how we plant and water. Discover simple ways to make your garden more resilient, from improving soil and using water wisely to choosing plants that cope better with dry conditions.
Hotter, Drier Summers: Is Your Garden Ready? Read More
YouGarden TV presenter Shaun Ryan shares his simple bulb-planting tips for bigger, brighter spring displays, from bulb lasagnes and container planting to getting bulbs to return year after year.
Spring Starts Here! The Top Guide To Planting Bulbs For Months Of Colour Read More
September is the ideal time to take stock of your garden. Assess star performers, struggling containers, seasonal gaps and lessons from the weather, then turn those observations into a practical plan for a more balanced garden in 2027.
Your September Garden Audit and How to Plan a Better Garden for 2027 Read More
Extreme heat can reveal many interesting details about your plants, soil and growing conditions. Use those lessons to create a stronger, more resilient garden for the future.
What A Heatwave Can Teach You About Your Garden Read More
Discover Rebecca Edwards’ practical summer garden care tips, including smarter watering, mulching, shade and drought-tolerant planting to help your plants cope with hot, dry weather.
Summer Garden Care Tips For Hot, Dry Weather Read More
Shaun Ryan shares simple July garden jobs to keep summer colour going strong, including deep watering, regular feeding, deadheading and making the most of your garden while it looks its best.
How To Keep Your Summer Garden Looking Its Best In July And August Read More
Learn how long flowering perennials can enhance your garden with continuous blooms and low upkeep costs year after year.
Best Long-Flowering Perennial Plants For A Beautiful Garden On A Budget Read More
Planting roses can transform your garden. Discover the best tips to ensure a successful planting experience.
Plant Your Potted Roses! And Then Do These Five Things Next… Read More
Snowdrops ‘In The Green’ is an easy and reliable way to grow early flowering beautiful flowers.
Why You Should Plant Snowdrops ‘In The Green’ – A Spring Garden Staple Read More
Bare root plants, cost-effective and easy to plant in cooler months, promote faster root growth and establishment for future gardening success.
The Advantages Of Bare Root Plants! Why Planting Now Means Stronger Spring Growth Read More
Learn about Bare Roots and their benefits for planting perennials. Experience quick growth and gorgeous blooms this season.
Bare Root to Bouquet! Growing Bountiful Blooms From The Cheapest Of Sources Read More
Planting and caring for hedges involves trimming, nutrient replenishment, pest monitoring, watering, weed control, and winter protection for optimal growth.
How to Care for Your Established Garden Hedges – Make Them Lush and Healthy! Read More
Learn the essentials of planting hedges with our step-by-step guide to successfully plant bare root hedges in your garden.
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Planting Hedges Read More
As natural food sources dwindle, berry-bearing shrubs become a lifeline for garden birds. Discover the best shrubs to plant for autumn and winter berries, from fiery Pyracantha to glossy Holly, and learn how to turn your garden into a wildlife haven filled with colour, life, and birdsong.
Welcome To The Berry Banquet! The Best Shrubs For Feeding Birds In Autumn And Winter Read More
Learn how to tell when your fruit trees are ready to harvest with easy tips for apples, pears, plums, citrus, cherries and more.
Knowing When to Harvest Fruit Trees: Easy Tips for Apples, Pears, Plums and More Read More
Why Bulbs Make The Easiest And Most Rewarding Spring Displays Bulbs really are pure magic. You pop them into the soil in autumn, largely forget about them, and then, come …
Your Bulb Planting Planner To Make Spring Colour Foolproof Read More
World Bamboo Day is the perfect moment to rethink bamboo. Grow it beautifully and in control, with simple tips, clump-forming choices, and a tough root control barrier. Enjoy privacy, year-round colour and calming movement without the spread.
How To Grow Bamboo In Your Garden – The Hacks, Tools And Know-How To Enjoy These Stylish Plants, Without Fear! Read More
Autumn is a vital season for garden wildlife, from hungry birds and late-flying pollinators to hedgehogs preparing for hibernation. Discover five plants that provide food, shelter, and colour in your garden this autumn.
The Best Plants To Give Autumn Wildlife A Hand In Your Garden Read More
Learn how to lasagne plant bulbs for an excellent spring flowering display of variety, colour, and shape.
How to Lasagne Plant Bulbs This Autumn for Your Best Spring Flowering Displays Read More
Plant bulbs like a pro this autumn with our simple, no nonsense tips. Get depth right, point shoots up, plant in generous clumps, stagger bloom times, and more!
Top 5 Tips For Bulb Planting Success This Autumn Read More
YouGarden TV presenter Shaun Ryan explains why Acer palmatum ‘Phoenix’ is a great garden choice for stunning foliage and striking stem colour.
Why You Need To Grow Acer palmatum ‘Phoenix’ In Your Garden Read More Worried about your garden during a hosepipe ban? Discover easy, expert-backed tips to keep plants thriving with less water, from pots and lawns to roses and fruit trees.
How to Keep Your Garden Thriving During a Hosepipe Ban Read More
The crucial keys for a healthy plot are perfectly simple and will make a world of difference! Words from managing director and head gardener of YouGarden, Peter McDermott: “I’ve been …
How To Have A Happy Holistic Garden – According to the YouGarden Head Gardener Read More
Got too many strawberries ripening at once? Discover quick, easy recipes to use up your garden strawberries before they spoil, using simple store cupboard ingredients.
Easy Ways To Use Your Homegrown Garden Strawberries Before They Spoil Read More
Master the art of pruning roses for healthier plants and stunning blooms. Learn essential tips for various rose types.
Your Guide to Pruning and Maintaining Your Beautiful Garden Roses Read More
Learn how to plant and care for a Monkey Puzzle Tree in the UK. Step-by-step growing guide for this hardy, architectural evergreen.
How to Plant and Care for a Monkey Puzzle Tree Read More
Learn how to grow and care for a Standard Lilac tree with tips on planting, pruning, feeding, and winter care.
Why Every Garden Needs a Standard Lilac Tree and How to Look After It Read More
Discover easy ways to create a safe, fun and dog-friendly garden with tips on plants, layout and pet enrichment.
How to Make Your Garden More Dog Friendly Read More
Discover the best plants for sun, shade and damp spots in your garden with expert tips on what to grow where for thriving, low-fuss displays.
What to Grow Where? Amazing Plants for Sun, Shade and Damp Corners of Your Garden Read More
Discover how to grow and care for Magnolia plants in the UK with this friendly, expert guide. Learn when to plant, how to prune, and keep your Magnolia blooming beautifully.
Magnolia Care – How to Grow and Look After Magnolia Plants in Your Garden Read More
Learn how to prune Hydrangeas the right way with this simple, expert guide. Discover when and how to prune for bigger blooms, healthier growth, and longer-lasting garden colour.
How to Prune Hydrangeas in Your Garden Read More
Learn how to plant and care for dahlia tubers in spring for a dazzling summer display of colourful blooms.
How to Plant Dahlia Tubers for a Summer Full of Colour Read More
Now’s the time to plan next year’s beautiful displays – and the bare root roses season is still in full swing! You’ve still got time to get planting. Bare root …
Your Bumper Guide to Bare Root Roses Read More
Get the insight on how to produce compost in your garden to transform your green-fingered endeavours!
The Dos and Don’ts of Composting in Your Garden Read More
Hints and tips on how to get growing in your garden now to enjoy a bountiful space in 2025.
New Year, New Garden! How To Make The Most of Your Garden in 2025 By Starting Now Read More
Introduce an impressive hedging display to your garden for improved privacy and to offer wildlife a welcome boost.
Hedge Growing Guide: Which Variety Suits Your Garden Best? Read More
Is your garden blighted by pesky weeds? Learn and understand where you may be going wrong when weeding.
Five Signs You’re Pulling Weeds Incorrectly in Your Garden Read More
Shrubs are such important and undervalued features of the garden. Learn how to correctly care for them.
Reliable Shrubs to Grow in Your Garden and How to Care for Them Read More
How and when to plant your spring flowering bulbs for excellent displays to start your year.
When Should You Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs for Your Garden? Autumn Planting Tips Read More
What are the best containers and patio pots for your garden design and plant needs.
Bumper Beginner Guide to Growing in Containers – Choosing the Right Pots and How to Grow Read More
Learn how to plant, grow, and train new climbing plants and roses in your garden.
How to Plant and Train Climbing Plants for Fast Growing Fairy Tale Garden Displays Read More
Having beautiful garden borders is a brilliant first step to a well-designed garden. Here are some mistakes you may be making, and how to amend them!
Seven Mistakes You May Be Making in Your Garden Borders Read More
Overpotting is an issue which many gardeners face. Get yourself in the know of the causes, signs to look out for, and how to fix an ailing plant.
What is Overpotting? How to Spot Problem Signs and How to Aid Your Ailing Plants Read More
Grow a healthy lawn with lush green grass by following these summer and winter tips in lawn maintenance.
Your Guide to Growing a Great British Lawn Read More
Take a read of this good-to-grow guide to Espalier training, for a fruit tree
trained against a wall or fence with ease.
Hints and tips on how to create a pollinator-friendly garden, with month-by-month guidance on what you can be doing through the year.
Your Month By Month Guide To Creating a Pollinator-Friendly Garden Read More
Guide to pruning and caring for fruit trees in your garden, for heavy crops and impressive trees for years to come. Including tips for apple, pear, apricot, cherry, plum, citrus, and peach trees.
How to Prune Your Fruit Trees For Full and Healthy Displays For Years To Come Read More
Dense hedges are a remarkable way of introducing that much sought-after privacy, security, and beauty to your garden. Whether you are planting Hazel or Hawthorn, if you want to achieve …
How to Grow Dense and Impressive Hedgerows in Your Garden Read More
A ‘Med-inspired’ garden is sure to turn heads and amaze your guests
How to Add a Touch of The Mediterranean to Your UK Garden Read More
Cortaderia Tiny Pampa provides all the classic stylings of Pampa Grass but in a new compact format suitable for any garden!
Cortaderia Tiny Pampa Read More
Corydalis Blue Heron Corydalis Blue Heron is a plant that we at YouGarden hadn’t even discovered until 2 or 3 years ago and to say it’s an absolute gem is …
Corydalis ‘Blue Heron’ Read More
Grow plants on in a light environment without the need for a greenhouse, and expand your growing season through the winter with this handy Windowsill Propagator Kit! This is a …
Window Sill Propagator Kits: What are they and how do you use them? Read More
If you are looking for a way to keep your roses looking their best, then pruning is an essential part of the process. Pruning standard roses is an art form, …
How to Prune Standard Roses Read More
As we progress rapidly through 2022, we have been caught up in a spiral of increasing prices, bills and costs. From the weekly grocery shop to fuel and energy costs …
Our guide to saving money on your garden Read More
Many of your trees and shrubs are supplied as bare root, especially during the autumn. Bare root means, dormant and with the roots out of the soil. Don’t worry if …
Bare Root Read More
We have specifically selected our range of houseplants to give you the best results in today’s homes. By providing a light space, adequate warmth, and ventilation as well as regular …
Houseplants Read More
No matter how big or small space you must work with, there’s always room for a bulb or two! Planted in pots, bulbs can make all the difference to your …
How to Lasagne Plant Spring Bulbs Read More
Are you new to gardening? Have you moved into your first home and looking for ways to transform your new space? Or just needing an extra helping hand when it …
Tips & Tricks For Gardening Newbies Read More
We buy our lemon and orange trees from Valencia; a Spanish region renowned for its fantastic citrus fruits. Oranges and lemons are relatively easy to grow and can be very …
Citrus Tree Care Guide Read More
This guide will help you ‘Grow Your Own’ strawberries at home. Our delicious strawberries are very popular across spring and summer – you’ll never taste better than home-grown strawberries! We supply our …
‘Grow Your Own’ Strawberries Read More
This guide will help you Grow Your Own potatoes at home. Any gardener will be able to tell you how satisfying it is to be able to dig up and …
‘Grow Your Own’ Potatoes Read More
Amaryllis, the big, bold, beauty that brings the outdoors in with a host of spectacular features, perfect for your home each winter! Many Indoor flowering bulbs, including amaryllis, can be …
How To Make The Most Of Amaryllis Read More
Easy-Fill Hanging Baskets are perfect for creating an instant impact, right from the moment they are planted up! We recommend planting grown-on plants and using McDermott’s SwellGel & Feed, and our Premium …
Easy-Fill Hanging Baskets Read More
Depending on the time of year, we supply our roses as either as ‘bare root’ or ‘potted’. This rose planting care guide will help you with either form. Rose bushes often …
Rose Planting Care Guide Read More
This Oleander Planting and Care Guide will tell you everything you need, from where to position them, to how much watering they will require. It will also cover any problems …
Oleander Planting and Care Guide Read More
Perennials are plants that will survive for multiple growing seasons, as opposed to Annuals, which survive for one season only. Often, they’ll die back considerably, to ground level or even …
Perennials Planting and Care Guide Read More
Bulbs are some of the easiest and most rewarding plants to grow, gardeners of any ability can produce stunning displays. In fact, once planted they pretty much look after themselves, …
Bulb Planting Guide Read More
Is there anything better than picking fresh fruit that you have grown yourself? It’s one of those ‘memorable and defining’ moments in life. One that often gets people hooked on …
Fruit Planting Guide Read More
It’s not as hard as you may think to create a tropical paradise in your own garden. This Mediterranean and exotic plants guide will give you all the help and advice …
Mediterranean and Exotic Plants Guide Read More
If you’re lucky enough to have a Blackthorn hedge growing in your garden, then you’re already halfway to creating one of the most deliciously festive treats of the season – …
How To Make Sloe Gin Mincemeat Read More
We supply most of our tress and shrubs ‘bare-root’ – dormant, with no leaves and with the roots out of the soil. This is the traditional and best way to …
Bare-Root Fruit Tree Planting Guide Read More
After a cold and grey winter, there is nothing better than the sight of spring bulbs pushing up through the soil. Most of your garden is still in winter mode, …
Creating A Riot Of Spring Colour With Bulbs Read More
Depending on the time of year, our beautiful tea roses will either be supplied as ‘bare root’ or ‘potted’. Bare roots are dormant with no leaves and the roots are …
Bare Root Hybrid Tea Roses Read More
Here at YouGarden, we love a hearty bowl of ‘Grow Your Own’ Soup! Anything to warm your cockles after a morning outside in the garden! We have tried and tested …
How To Grow Your Own Soup Read More
You can grow your own delicious blueberries in the garden or on the patio. It’s super easy and you can do it all for just a few pence per pound! …
How To Grow ‘Super Healthy’ Blueberries Read More
Although the warmer weather has not yet arrived, now is the time to get your bedding schemes planned. We’re starting to see bedding plug plants available for sale. Here at …
It’s All About Plug Plants Read More
October is the traditional time for Sloes to ripen and be ready for picking. They can be bitter straight from the bush, but the anti-oxidant packed berries provide the perfect …
How To Make Your Own Sloe Gin Read More
Could there be anything more quintessentially British than a bowl full of juicy red strawberries in the summer? It’s not too late to grow your own strawberries this year, so …
How To Grow Strawberries Read More
It wouldn’t be October without an ode to the humble pumpkin. The star of the show for one month a year, its orange skin and fleshy centre have long been …
Picking From Your Pumpkin Patch Read More
Did you know that Friday 21st October is National Apple Day? What is Apple Day? Apple Day is a day that was created by Common Ground, an arts and environmental …
How To Grow Apples Read More
Hellebores provide excellent interest all year round from their thick leathery leaves to their flowers during winter and spring. A must-have plant for winter, they come in numerous colours, shapes and …
How To Grow Hellebores Read More
Roses are the quintessential English, ‘cottage garden’ dream. Creating a successful rose garden is not as hard as you may think. The trick is to grow a rose suited to …
How To Create A Successful Rose Garden Read More