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Pick the right tree to light up your Xmas

With the festive season just around the corner it is almost time to choose your Christmas tree and begin…

Birds can have difficulty finding food over winter – providing seeds, peanuts and fat balls can help a variety of species. PHOTO: InspiredImages/Pixabay

Ways to help wildlife over winter months

As the autumn garden tidy up continues, especially with the leaves now falling, let’s not forget the wildlife. Leave some…

Begonias can be lifted and stored indoors until the next growing season PHOTO: Peter H, Pixabay

Bring some cuttings in from the cold

As the nights draw in with the clocks changing on October 30, our limited time spent in the garden…

PHOTOS: S. Hermann/F. Richter, above, and Frank Winkler, below, from Pixabay

It’s time for that autumn tidy-up

Autumn can be just as busy as spring when it comes to gardening. It is time to cut back the…

Tricyrtis macrantha has golden yellow flowers

For yards in the shade, make a lily bet

THE legendary gardener Vita Sackville-West once wrote about the complex flowers of tricyrtis, the toad lily. She loved the delicate…

Iris sibirica is good in tough conditions

Dig deep for the survivors of summer

October marks the beginning of autumn in our gardens. This hot summer’s droughts have wrought a deadly toll in the…

Lawn Grass, Photo by Adrian Pelletier

Police the grass to keep lawn order

Lawn care jobs change with the seasons and as autumn begins it is time to renovate. September is the optimum…

Tulips

Looking ahead to autumn planting

As the temperatures start to fall and the ground starts to cool, autumn is the perfect time to anticipate…

The gardens are a haven for wildlife. Photo by Dave Peckham Photography

Inspiring garden wildlife to flourish

Knoll Gardens in Wimborne is hoping to inspire gardeners to create ‘mini reserves’ that offer refuge and food for…