The Garden Minute: Forests, Friendships & Flower for Friends & Foes
☀️ Hello Gardeners. Need a little Tuesday Motivation? Here's a round up of gardenspiration to set you up for the week ahead.
✂️🌱 Curated Cuttings
A round-up of tips, tricks and news snippets on all things garden-related.
🌱 12 Garden Room Ideas That Will Elevate Your Outdoor Space and Bring You Extra Room to Unwind
❤️ ‘The friendship of the good’: how a community garden gave me a sense of something bigger than myself
🌺 3 standout plants from RHS Hampton 2025 you can easily grow at home
😨 These 5 invasive ground covers became a planting nightmare
🐦 Gardeners urged to plant these type of colour flowers to keep birds returning
🪲 Gardener shares five flowers that will naturally help deter aphids
Plant Offer: 120 plant varieties for just £2.99 each at the Secret Gardening Club today
☕ The Long Read
Down tools, grab a brew and get lost in a long read - or podcast - on your break
The Social Life of Forests
Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another?
📱 Ones to watch
Spotlight on some of the gardening creators we’re loving this week
Franchesca Chadwick, the homegrown master behind Diary Of A Yorkshire Gardener, has been building her follower base over the years. Turn to her page for inspiration and guidance on homegrown fruits and vegetables.
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?
📍 Memorial garden planned for explosion site
📍 Dudley: Man spends 27 years transforming garden into private oasis
📍 A secret garden that is a rare hidden haven among the huge towers of London'
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Happy gardening! Jess x