The Garden Minute: Cold-Thriving Flowers, Farming & The Garden Fairy

☀️ Good morning Gardeners. Need a little Monday Motivation? Here's a round up of gardenspiration to set you up for the week ahead.

Jess

Feb 24, 2025

A round-up of tips, tricks and news snippets on all things garden-related.

👩‍⚕️ 'I was prescribed gardening for my dementia'

🏡 Spring isn’t here yet – but catkins might tide your garden over until it arrives

🪴 3 houseplants that improve your microbiome and how it works

🍁 Warning to all gardeners who have Japanese maple trees in their garden

🌱 Never let your greenhouse drop below this temperature if you want to keep seedlings alive

🌝 Have you tried lunar gardening? - The Happy Garden Podcast

❄️ 25 Colorful Winter Flowers That Actually Thrive in the Cold

☕ The Long Read

Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read on your break

‘Farming is a dirty word now’: the woman helping farmers navigate a grim, uncertain future

In a moment of crisis for the industry, Heather Wildman tours the country helping farmers face up to the toughest of questions – not just about the future of their business, but about their family, their identity and even their mortality

Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week

'Garden Fairy' Anya Lautenbach: 'I Propagated 95% Of The Plants In My Garden'

Anya Lautenbach, a gardener, digital creator and author, talks to House Beautiful about the joys of growing seedlings, propagating 95 per cent of her garden, and her 'superpower'.