Featured Gardener: Leigh Johnstone

Leigh Johnstone, also known as beardygardener, standing in front of a trellis, surrounded by plants.

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The link between nature and wellbeing is often discussed, but award-winning garden designer Leigh Johnstone, aka @beardygardener, makes positive mental health a central theme of all his projects. Crafting gardens that specifically soothe and restore, this popular Instagrammer explains how the act of gardening has helped him to find clarity and ground himself when times are tough. Find out how this inspirational mental health campaigner uses his horticultural knowledge to help others…  (more…)

Eight ways to save money with a gardening group

gardeners in a community garden group

Community gardening groups have many benefits
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Gardening groups are a wonderful way to connect people in a meaningful, shared endeavour. Nurturing plants as part of a team can offer physical, mental, and social benefits as well as helping you to learn new skills.
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Featured Gardener: @gardenwithjonny

Jonny Hincks of @gardenwithjonny in front of garden shed.

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You don’t need a huge garden to enjoy a gorgeous lawn, beautiful flowers, specimen shrubs, high-yielding fruit trees and a place to grow veg. Popular Instagram gardener @gardenwithjonny demonstrates how he achieves all this and more, by sharing the inspirational outside space in which he hangs out with his family, friends and very chilled pet cat! Find out how this fun-loving, firefighting, fitness-fanatic got interested in gardening…

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How to care for Christmas house plants

White Christmas cactus from T&M

If you’ve filled your home with festive house plants for the Christmas holidays, you’ll want to know how best to care for them. With just a little special attention, these indoor plants will last long into the new year and beyond. Here are some top tips from our horticultural team. 

In the meantime, browse our full range of house plants for inspiration.

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How Lizzie Schofield wants to inspire the next generation of gardeners

Lizzie Schofield potting shed

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Lizzie Schofield of @cuthbertsbrae_garden said she was ‘on cloud nine’ after scooping The Alan Titchmarsh New Talent of the Year Award 2024 at this year’s Garden Media Guild ceremony. Sponsored by T&M, this fiercely contested accolade celebrates the ease with which Lizzie delivers interesting horticultural advice while encouraging everyone to try new things.

Living in the north-east of Scotland, Lizzie is a proud ambassador for Scotland’s Garden Scheme and a television presenter on BBC Two’s Beechgrove Garden. Here’s what she had to say about her love of gardening and winning the GMG award…

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