<![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Gardening-tips ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/gardens/advice Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ The man who made daffodils the flower of spring in Britain ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/the-man-who-made-daffodils-the-flower-of-spring FQ3zCvqWjMaPqcHRZMimLV Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: The thrill of raising a plant from a speck of dust or a green leaf can only be learned first-hand ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/alan-titchmarsh-the-thrill-of-raising-a-plant-from-a-speck-of-dust-or-a-green-leaf-can-only-be-learned-first-hand mtfFRcF2c9RhgPufeQqeb Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pretty little things: How the double primrose continues to hold us in its thrall ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/pretty-little-things-how-the-double-primrose-continues-to-hold-us-in-its-thrall tfEE8YhJGdqk2HFXHeKMTN Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Ugly, pointless and potentially lethal': Why dead hedges are a gardening fad too far ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/ugly-pointless-and-potentially-lethal-why-dead-hedges-are-a-gardening-fad-too-far xUwKWn7A5pfCmfbDNjjmWW Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Italians think it's a laxative and the Germans say it leeches your bones, but rhubarb is a true British wonder. Here's how to do it justice ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/the-italians-think-its-a-laxative-and-the-germans-say-it-leeches-your-bones-but-rhubarb-is-a-true-british-wonder-heres-how-to-do-it-justice xE9XvpzXWLR33ndoEvCgoC Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ I pitted AI against a much-loved 1963 gardening book to see what to do with my little corner of Ireland — here's what happened ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/i-pitted-ai-against-a-much-loved-1963-gardening-book-to-see-what-to-do-with-my-little-corner-of-ireland-heres-what-happened HG2pYkXBafL6vuknyJU5qH Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: I'm planting a brand new garden —here's what's going in, what I'm trying out, and the plant that's sending me in search of my axe ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/alan-titchmarsh-im-planting-a-brand-new-garden-heres-whats-going-in-what-im-trying-out-and-the-plant-thats-sending-me-in-search-of-my-axe BiMhPiCXWdzgebhGkNTNFS Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Growing leeks: What to plant, when to to it, and how to make them thrive ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/growing-leeks-what-to-plant-when-to-to-it-and-how-to-make-them-thrive okuuo1w5WXxyFg6cHUjorf Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A cheat's guide to bulbous irises and top tips for growing them ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/a-cheats-guide-to-bulbous-irises-and-top-tips-for-growing-them j5kgxWijfb7Sg4eSAXnsjL Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ No garden should be without a winter-flowering daphne, so we've picked the best ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/no-garden-should-be-without-a-winter-flowering-daphne-so-weve-picked-the-best 93tiu2BxXHaCcZYVCk2Tc5 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ You don’t need to live in the countryside or have acres of space to start a cutting garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/you-dont-need-to-live-in-the-countryside-or-have-acres-of-space-to-start-a-cutting-garden tpjFCiUMUvGq5iX9EQQYrV Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: Patience is in short supply today, but learning when to crack on and when to leave well alone will do your garden wonders ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/advice/alan-titchmarsh-patience-is-in-short-supply-today-but-learning-when-to-crack-on-and-when-to-leave-well-alone-will-do-your-garden-wonders Ksh44vYiujttDctx8457XB Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: I'm always asked about 'creating a sensory garden', and my answer is always the same ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titchmarsh-im-always-asked-about-creating-a-sensory-garden-and-my-answer-is-always-the-same Fxagoq9Ya93WUudnoUV7HY Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Beautiful, rewarding, unpronounceable: Chaenomeles, the spectacular shrub that grows happily in gardens where azaleas will never bloom ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/beautiful-rewarding-unpronounceable-chaenomeles-the-spectacular-shrub-that-grows-happily-in-gardens-where-azaleas-will-never-bloom J8TZeRgDuSkKww8r5svsPA Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Three plants to grow in 2026 that are as delicious as they are pretty, from Siberian chives to 'Turkish warty cabbage' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/three-new-plants-to-grow-in-2026-from-to-warty-cabbage-thankfully-its-a-lot-better-than-it-sounds wmdq8K2kDFrMeWUkKUo9sT Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: Everything you think you know about ivy is probably wrong ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titchmarsh-everything-you-think-you-know-about-ivy-is-probably-wrong 4zyRPpYmssMRbB49o7aPEJ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Country Life's top 10 garden stories of 2025, from Alan Titchmarsh's hardy annuals to David Beckham's Cotswolds paradise ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-lifes-top-10-gardens-stories-of-2025-from-to-the-south-wales-terrace-with-an-exquisite-georgian-interior-clone LLugmGJNcrJxWWjHND7EfE Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:19:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ The plants to give for Christmas which will keep flowering for years ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/the-plants-to-give-for-christmas-which-will-keep-flowering-for-years y6Lm496KQW3x3dEnC3sFf3 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to create spectacular arrangements for your Christmas table ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/how-to-create-spectacular-arrangements-for-your-christmas-table K7S3eqSzRMdf8Gnd4wPpT9 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ There are a billion microbes in a teaspoon of soil. Leaving the leaves to Nature feeds and nourishes them ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/there-are-a-billion-microbes-in-a-teaspoon-of-soil-letting-the-leaves-to-nature-feeds-and-nourishes-them-and-blasting-them-with-a-leaf-blower-is-disastrous Qc7V4cmHnAMwd3RuRbn9YK Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:24:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ What trees taught me about perfect planting — Alan Titchmarsh ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/what-trees-taught-me-about-perfect-planting-alan-titchmarsh jjpRnHSN9owVTTv3jQoKH6 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:10:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'A dream of Nirvana... almost too good to be true': The sweet peas of Easton Walled Gardens, and how you can replicate their success at home ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/a-dream-of-nirvana-almost-too-good-to-be-true-the-sweet-peas-of-easton-walled-gardens-and-how-you-can-replicate-their-success-at-home 3rGhaqL87dUgPQCv2FqK5i Sat, 22 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to choose the perfect rose this bare root season ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/bare-roots-how-to-find-the-perfect-rose-and-how-to-plant-it KZYLSDsQFNaxxPooaRKMdP Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:02:00 +0000 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:13:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ The trees that are as fine to eat as they are to look at ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/the-trees-that-are-as-fine-to-eat-as-they-are-to-look-at XZ9JciVKrUxk5bG8724qLQ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'My family wore wool at a time when everyone else had cast it off in favour of manmade fabrics': The knitwear pioneer who is one of David Beckham's countryside champions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/my-family-wore-wool-at-a-time-when-everyone-else-had-cast-it-off-in-favour-of-manmade-fabrics-the-knitwear-pioneer-who-is-one-of-david-beckhams-countryside-champions kc3UpinUZztwva3DsLmnBW Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:46:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ James Alexander-Sinclair: Making a new garden for someone is 'thrilling', but we need more sensitive and skilled gardeners to look after them ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/what-is-it-like-making-a-garden-for-someone JgcF3HuZhUqBtXDPQQxrHR Sat, 01 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Seeing the work that people are doing all around the world has given me hope for the future': The young naturalist who is one of David Beckham's countryside champions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/seeing-the-work-that-people-are-doing-all-around-the-world-has-given-me-hope-for-the-future-the-young-naturalist-who-is-one-of-david-beckhams-countryside-champions 8usj2iMED98cueVYvRRUwU Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:47:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Poppy Okotcha, the model turned gardener who is one of David Beckham's countryside champions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/people/poppy-okotcha-the-ecological-gardener YGKQqE7K5NtmkjTBK9WcaB Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:28:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Harper Beckham created the perfect gardener's birthday present for her father's 50th— with a little help from David Austin Roses ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/a-kiss-from-a-daughters-rose-how-harper-beckham-with-a-little-help-from-david-austin-roses-created-the-perfect-gardeners-birthday-present-for-her-dads-50th Nd8Sd5PbSCaVdeh2YDiTEa Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'You could walk round it every day and always notice something new': A private tour of the garden of multiple Chelsea gold medallist John Massey ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/one-of-the-finest-private-gardens-in-the-uk-a-tour-of-the-garden-of-the-multiple-chelsea-gold-medallist-john-massey dEubJJEZVcAf6LAAHBNc6b Sat, 18 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: 15 years ago we planted a hedge —today, it's 10ft tall, 6ft deep and a joy throughout the year. Here's how we did it ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titchmarsh-15-years-ago-we-planted-a-hedge-today-its-10ft-tall-6ft-deep-and-a-joy-throughout-the-year-heres-how-we-did-it c28Biyngjjc8Btj88CfLwN Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The one website about trees and shrubs that everyone needs to know about ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/the-one-website-about-trees-and-shrubs-that-everyone-needs-to-know-about SwF3Ha4GYs45zh9WPqrpQL Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Nature's loo roll': Verbascum, one of the most curious —and useful —plants you'll find in an English country garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/natures-loo-roll-verbascum-one-of-the-most-curious-and-useful-plants-youll-find-in-an-english-country-garden QQkebS8RLFXx5Hnfrt4hQK Sat, 04 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'There is only a handful of fruit trees I’d grow for their non-edible charms — quince is one' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/there-is-only-a-handful-of-fruit-trees-id-grow-for-their-non-edible-charms-quince-is-one LMQf4AeVN3Kdqcka2jU8Qj Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Everything you could ever want to know about growing, eating and cooking plums ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/everything-you-could-ever-want-to-know-about-growing-eating-and-cooking-plums BeLNtPrneZPNg8E6NiJrmk Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:02:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: You wouldn't think it, but Surrey is the most wooded of all England's counties — and its Scots pines are as beautiful as any of its trees ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titchmarsh-you-wouldnt-think-it-but-surrey-is-the-most-wooded-of-all-englands-counties-and-its-scots-pines-are-the-most-beautiful-of-its-trees eUkBcGJ6nBn4Pw2bkobteK Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ What Britain's top garden designers are planting now to create dazzling spring meadows around their homes ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/what-britains-top-garden-designers-are-planting-now-to-create-dazzling-spring-meadows-around-their-homes pvms3dhmM4WpXFrQYVuKGT Sat, 13 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The best bulbs are those that give maximum pleasure for minimum effort —and these are the ones which will keep delivering for years' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/the-best-bulbs-are-those-that-give-maximum-pleasure-for-minimum-effort-and-these-are-the-ones-which-will-keep-delivering-for-years Xk9mUnKJAArLkPzWrt4MSM Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:28:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Why do I allow the fuchsias in my garden to live on? Because, despite their visual shortcomings, I am a fool for edible pleasure' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/why-do-i-allow-the-fuchsias-in-my-garden-to-live-on-because-despite-their-visual-shortcomings-i-am-a-fool-for-edible-pleasure YcM5y7BTJtcCRw4BvzcWwe Sat, 06 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:28:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ The best flower borders in Britain, and how they work their magic ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/country-gardens-and-gardening-tips/the-best-flower-borders-in-britain-and-how-they-work-their-magic DGKBLgdT3FCjdJFUggYA5B Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:25:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: 'I am so weary of seeing Lutyens-style benches and chairs absolutely everywhere' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titschmarsh-i-am-so-weary-of-seeing-lutyens-style-benches-and-chairs-absolutely-everywhere aXsRPoPwtgrBM5hTaceoLR Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:48:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ The grass isn’t always greener on the other side: Five alternatives to lawn, from fleshy sedums to aromatic thyme ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/the-grass-isnt-always-greener-on-the-other-side-five-alternatives-to-lawn-from-fleshy-sedums-to-aromatic-thyme hoyER2KgjCHruGt5WxGxwR Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The rose that flowers 'from October to summer', and the man who used it to light up a beautiful corner of London ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/the-rose-that-flowers-from-october-to-summer-and-the-man-who-used-it-to-light-up-a-beautiful-corner-of-london 98MdDFXYvKYAoGsQWTZuVL Sun, 03 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Isabel Bannerman: Gardens fade in the heat of high-summer, but it's still possible to plant pockets of joy in shaded spaces ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/in-the-garden-with-isabel-bannerman-the-delightful-scents-of-this-season-of-blooms sdxqNWJCUicRBhEFyosyGD Thu, 31 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:10:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Plant once, enjoy for decades: Alan Titchmarsh on the wonder that is the agapanthus ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/plant-once-enjoy-for-decades-alan-titchmarsh-on-the-wonder-that-is-the-agapanthus nurMesqCLEqdSjN3bJAcy7 Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I blitzed it. Nothing survived. If you have one bit of surviving bindweed, you will have it forever’: A peek in to the ruthless world of the gravel garden ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/i-blitzed-it-nothing-survived-if-you-have-one-bit-of-surviving-bindweed-you-will-have-it-forever-a-peek-in-to-the-ruthless-world-of-the-gravel-garden EyiF9PckA73kwnWsLc8fpS Sat, 26 Jul 2025 06:02:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why a love of gardening will get us all in the end ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/why-a-love-of-gardening-will-get-us-all-in-the-end pcus7CLsz92mdQ7Fi4kd5R Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:52:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Five British gardens have a starring role on the New York Times's list of 25 must-see gardens — here are the ones they forgot ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/five-british-gardens-have-a-starring-role-on-the-new-york-timess-list-of-25-must-see-gardens-here-are-the-ones-they-forgot ckWqSh9QsHqozMYsyiJrbA Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:51:00 +0000 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:46:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: My garden is as pretty as I've ever known it, thanks to an idea I've rediscovered after 50 years ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/alan-titchmarsh-my-garden-is-as-pretty-as-ive-ever-known-it-thanks-to-something-i-rediscovered-50-years-after-i-first-tried-it HjB8baaMZKBF2AuhFheY93 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Myddleton House: The place that 'will help you learn what true gardening is' is open to everyone, and just 30 minutes from central London ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/feature/of-pepper-and-pigsties s13EL3gLXvgb77ey4e2okM Sat, 14 Jun 2025 06:02:00 +0000