This Alan Titchmarsh video shows you how to lay a lawn from seed. He tells you how to choose the right seed for your garden, how to prepare the ground…
Lawn Care
How to lay turf – Alan Titchmarsh [video]
This Alan Titchmarsh video shows you how to lay turf to create a beautiful lawn. His simple advice shows you how to prepare the ground by cultivating and raking. He…
Honda creates world’s fastest lawn mower!
If you’ve clocked-up penalty points for speeding, reading on could endanger your licence. Because Honda has created what it believes is the world’s fastest lawn mower – capable of reaching…
Lawn mowing takes up months of our lives!
WE SPEND almost two months of our lives mowing the lawn – a new study has found. The research, by artificial lawn retailer Grono, sought to uncover the nation’s mowing…
Scientist creates grass-free flowering lawns
A scientist has created what could be the most environmentally-friendly lawn in the country – but your kids won’t be able to play football on it. Lionel Smith, a PhD…
Raking is gardeners ‘most hated’ chore
Raking is gardeners’ most hated outdoor task – with Brits ranking it as a never-ending chore. Over 500 gardeners were asked to identify the task they least looked forward to. …
Now Wilkinson stops selling neonicotinoids
Environment campaigners say retailers have rallied behind their campaign to strip store shelves of sprays linked to bee decline. Up to 2,000 outlets have removed neonicotinoids (neonics) from sale –…
Weed identification
Throughout the next year Michelle will help with weed identification and the best way to get rid of them organically, and with the safe use of herbicides When…
Rip out your lawn, says celebrity gardener Bob Flowerdew
Owning a lawn could soon be regarded as an environmental sin – like driving a gas-guzzling car. So says Bob Flowerdew, the Gardeners’ Question Time panellist, who claims it’s time…
Kris’s Blog: Sometimes a lazy approach to weeding pays off
A relaxed attitude to weeding my annual border has really paid off this year. I’m currently faced with a stunning display of annual poppies, but did I carefully prepare…