By Elspeth Briscoe, MyGardenSchool. Just in time for The Chelsea Flower Show, we’re delighted to announce that the world’s first online gardening school, MyGardenSchool, has teamed up with Shoot to sell online gardening courses via the Shoot Marketplace. MyGardenSchool is offering all Shoot members a £45 discount off four week online gardening courses as part [...]
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Garden designing downunder
By Garden Designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin. Just back from a quick week trip to New South Wales where the inaugural Australian Garden Show Sydney was launched. I’m honoured to be one of three Ambassadors for the show and, together with Tom Harfleet, have been commissioned to create the main show feature from 5th to 7th [...]
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Field of Dreams
By Helen Elks-Smith MSGD One of my strongest child hood memories was of walking to the Post Office with my mother through the village playing field. The field buzzed with life. Grassy stalks and flowers gently swayed before me, stretching out in all directions on one of those glorious summer days that at times only [...]
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Reduce Plastics in the Garden
By Tim Wells Agents for Becausewecare. Most of us want to reduce the amount of plastics we use in our households. In some countries such as Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland there are Government imposed levies on disposable plastics e.g. for plastic shopping bags. However, in horticulture there have traditionally been vast amounts of plastics used, [...]
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Roses for North-facing walls
By Carolyn Dunster, Simply Roses In the course of my work as a planting designer specialising in roses, my job is to advise clients on the best varieties to grow. All too often, I hear people complaining that they have no success with roses in their gardens and that there is no point planting them [...]
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Growing Asparagus
Posted by Stephen Read, Reads Nursery for the Shoot Marketplace. The asparagus plant is grown as a perennial vegetable in the UK and can yield for 15 years, it is essential to get the planting and preparation right. See our About asparagus Asparagus contains high levels of vitamin A, folic acid and dietary fibre, it [...]
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Plant bulbs in the green
Posted by Lizzie Keogh, Blooming Direct for Shoot Marketplace Late February and March is the time to plant bulbs in the green. What better way to celebrate the end of winter! Snowdrops (or Galanthus) and Aconites (or Eranthis) like to live in a partially shady area with moist soil and enjoy communal living! They will [...]
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Beat the hosepipe ban!
Since last autumn we have had little or no rain. Apart from the occasional downpour that does little to revitalise the soil we’ve all been relying on regular watering in the garden since early Spring. And from today April 5th we’re getting a hosepipe ban in the South East of England. All the evidence from [...]
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Hedging Plants for Wet Soils
There are very few hedging species that can cope with standing water and unfortunately, no evergreens can cope with a really waterlogged situation. Normally we give our top five recommendations but in this case, we’re limiting ourselves to the best two which are: Alder (Alnus glutinosa) – a very attractive leaf and male and female [...]
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