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Garden spending spree goes to seed
Gardeners are spending less on their plotsThe High Street’s economic woes have started to hit garden centres, with the first indicator that the fashion for grow-your-own is running out of steam....
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A smarter way to shop
Smartphone user Toby Buckland is putting QR codes on his Planting PowderA technology revolution will change the way gardeners shop for plants and products. Hi-tech barcodes, called ‘QR’ codes (quick...
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Garden centres show green shoots of recovery
Business has been brisk at garden centresGarden centres have continued to buck High Street gloom, with retail experts predicting that interest in grow-your-own will remain strong this year. Business...
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Hosepipe bans to hit ‘by Easter’
Gardeners are likely to face restrictions on hosepipes this springGardeners in the south are on track for the worst water shortages since the summer of 1976 – while those in the north face the risk of...
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Drip irrigation to be allowed during hosepipe ban
Watering with a hose is banned in much of central and southern EnglandGardeners are to be allowed to use drip irrigation for the first time during hosepipe bans. Up to 20 million homes in central and...
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Rip out your lawn, says celebrity gardener Bob Flowerdew
Bob Flowerdew fears the great British lawn has had its dayOwning a lawn could soon be regarded as an environmental sin – like driving a gas-guzzling car. So says Bob Flowerdew, the Gardeners’ Question...
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Gardeners will pay for ash tree death
Gardeners could be hit with bills of up to £1,000 for removal of trees hit by ash dieback. Experts say the disease (Chalara fraxinea), which threatens to wipe out Britain’s 80 million ash trees, could...
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Wet winter will lead to big plant losses
RHS Rosemoor curator Jon Webster Gardeners face forking out a fortune to replace plants that have rotted during the wet winter. Experts warned that trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants may fail to...
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Sweet chestnut trees hit by killer fungus
A sweet chestnut tree (credit: Wikimedia)Another tree disease is threatening to wipe out one of Britain’s most treasured species. A sweet chestnut tree (credit: Wikimedia) Arboriculture experts are...
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Garden centres stocking up for a record Easter
Nurseries and garden centres are expecting a busy start to the gardening season Garden product makers are getting ready for a record Easter – as gardeners rush to fix plots that have been battered by a...
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