BULB BABIES
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bulb babies

Words by Jessica Peace If you’ve had your bulbs for three or more years they’ll have been making babies in the soil, it’s our job to yank them out...

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MAKE MORE FERNS
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make more ferns

Words by Jessica Peace Now’s the time to get out your ferns out and make some babies... MAKING MORE Lift your fern from its pot or bed. Knock o...

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CROCUS
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crocus

Words by Jessica Peace Crocus, the jewels in the spring lawn. NAMECHECK Stems from the greek, ’krokos’: saffron - yes that ‘red gold’ is plucked...

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Sprouting about
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sprouting about

Words by Jessica Peace Grab yourself a jar and some sprouting seeds. Apart from the sweet joy of growing these tiny wonders, they are rammed full ...

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WORSE FOR WEAR
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worse for wear

Words by Jessica Peace Looking a bit yellow? Droopy? Grey roots showing? G&T SOLUTIONS DROPPING BLOOMS If your petals are biting the dust a...

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SEED BOMBING
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seed bombing

Words by Jessica Peace WHAT DO I NEED? SOIL London has loads of clay soil - perfect. Otherwise you can add a little clay powder to get it sticky. ...

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SWEET SWEET PEAS
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sweet sweet peas

Words by Jessica Peace Want to grow something easy, sprawling and sweet smelling? Get your hands on some SWEET, sweet peas. RATING Easy Sweet Peasy...

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Mop Heads
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mop heads

Words by Jessica Peace We LOVE hydrangeas, we like them cut, dried and paired up with asparagus fern. Here’s how to give them a spring boost. IN TH...

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How to Garden with No Garden
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how to garden with no garden

Words by Jessica Peace SEEING GREEN Most of us don’t have our own little patch of earth, so time to get creative and shove our plant pals in where ...

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CHEEKY CATKINS
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cheeky catkins

Words by Jessica Peace WHAT ARE THEY? Catkins are cheeky flower ‘spikes’, normally petal-less and dangling from deciduous trees in the Winter. Poll...

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HELLO HELLEBORE
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hello hellebore

Words by Jessica Peace The hellebore is one of our earliest flowerers, often beating the snow drop. Colours range from the deepest purples – almost...

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START YOUR SPUDS
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start your spuds

Words by Jessica Peace Ever wanted to grow your own spuds?... TIME TO CHIT ‘Chitting’ is just the process of making your spud produce shoots. In Lo...

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