How cherry tomatoes in the dead of winter for you, a gardener in a northern climate Wishing for the summer? Impossible, you say. Not if you garden. Vegetables of all kinds can be grown indoors all year, with the proper light, soil, fertilizer and temperature, as well as focusing on adapted species. If you plan [...]

Traditional pot plants for a sunny balcony and a climber for an indoor pillar I’ve just moved into a flat with a south-facing balcony – I’d like to fill it with cottage garden-style plants, but don’t know where to start. Cottage garden plants are mainly herbaceous perennials, and not traditionally grown in pots, but there’s no real reason why you can’t.

Article by Laura Henderson Casting its spell on countless generations, Westerners have always had a certain fascination for Morocco. For Winston Churchill it was the sunset over the snow-capped Atlas Mountains; for boho musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Cat Stephens it was the smoke-ringed “Marrakech Express” days; today, it’s [...]

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  A classic garden bench is just about the simplest piece of garden furniture you can get. But it can also be one of the most versatile when you use a little imagination. Leading online retailer of calibre garden furniture Rawgarden (http://www.rawgarden.co.uk/) tells you how to make the most out of a humble garden bench. [...]