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GARDEN AND PLANT ADVICE

Meet our new Head Gardener Ashley Edwards
Meet our new Head Gardener Ashley Edwards

Ashley is dedicated to bringing his expertise and creativity to Dorney Court to showcase horticultural excellence, inspire visitors and invite a deeper appreciation with nature.

Meet Ashley

Meet our new Resident Garden Designer Lucy Wilcox.
Meet our new Resident Garden Designer Lucy Wilcox.

Lucy brings over 20 years of garden design experience to the team, discover her gardening origins.

Meet Lucy

May in the garden

Head Gardener Advice

May in the garden

May is an exciting time of year, the transition into summer begins. Early flowering shrubs and bulbs fade whilst the trees are clothed in fresh green leaves and herbaceous plants take the baton and run with it.

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Companion plants to keep your roses healthy

Plant advice

Companion plants to keep your roses healthy

Companion planting uses plant combinations that benefit one another. The benefits range from natural pest control to enhanced pollination and disease reduction.

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Seasonal gardening advice: Growing dahlias successfully

Read on for all you need to know about choosing your dahlias, where to plant, which varieties to go for and top tips from Jenny at the Laundry Garden for growing dahlias successfully.

Choosing your dahlias

Part 1 of The Laundry Garden definitive guide to dahlias

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Easy care flowering houseplants for every home

The Laundry Garden definitive guide to dahlias

A guide to dahlia varieties

Part 2: The different types of dahlias and what they're best for.

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Care tips for indoor plants

The Laundry Garden definitive guide to dahlias

Growing dahlias successfully

Part 3: Top tips for growing dahlias & FAQs

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Create your kitchen garden

This month we launch our partnership with no-dig pioneer Charles Dowding to learn about successful vegetable growing. Whether you have a dedicated kitchen garden or only have a few pots on the balcony we've got lots of useful advice and tools to boost your production. Here Charles gives us his advice on starting out with his 'no-dig' method.

A beginner's guide to no dig

Advice from Charles Dowding

A beginner's guide to no dig

No dig makes life easier, and plants grow more healthily, with fewer weeds.

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Dealing with slugs

Advice from Charles Dowding

Dealing with slugs

Advice on slug prevention without chemicals

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Seasonal gardening advice from Crocus

Whether you are a beginner gardener looking for advice or more confident in the garden and looking for reassurance that you are on the right track, we have lots of gardening advice to help you.

Our favourite 5 plants for scent

Escape to the garden

Our favourite 5 plants for scent

Fragrance has the ability to bring a garden to life in a deeply personal way.

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Smaller trees for gardens

Planting advice

Smaller trees for gardens

With careful planning and long-term vision, a well-placed tree (or two) will elevate a garden's planting scheme in more ways than one.

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Crocus Shorts

Dahlia grow along

Pinching out dahlias

Ashley shows us how

Dahlia grow along

Q&A with Ashley

Ashley answers everything you need to know about growing dahlias

Introductions

Meet Lucy

Lucy Wilcox joins Crocus as Resident Garden Designer

Planning ahead

5 tips for buying plants online

Plant advice

All about hardy geraniums

Non stop geranium flower power!

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How to choose the right fruit tree

Plant advice

An introduction to peonies

Magical plants in every sense

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How to choose the right fruit tree

Plant advice

Planting out bedding

Tips for young plants

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Plant size guides

If you're new to buying plants online (or even in real life) here's a guide to what's what and how it works.

Different pot sizes

Buying guide

Different pot sizes

Our plants come in different sizes

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A guide to our bedding & container plants

Buying guide

A guide to our bedding & container plants

Found your favourites but not sure which size to choose? Plant doctor Helen explains all

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