Money saving garden tips: cost-effective seed sowing

Woman's hand holding seeds over a seed tray filled with individual pots of soil.

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Growing plants from seed is one of the best ways to save money in the garden, and it’s also immensely satisfying. A few packets of seed can fill your garden with colour or provide delicious organic produce to feed your family.

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How to use our hedging calculator

Our hedging calculator takes all the guesswork out of ordering hedging plants. Simply choose the variety you want, add the length you need, and decide how thick you want your hedge to be. Our helpful tool instantly calculates the number of plants to order, and applies any relevant discounts.

Whether you opt for bare root hedging plants, small 9cm potted shrubs or large 10 litre specimens, our hedge planting calculator guarantees that you order the correct number. It’s also a clever way to compare the cost of different hedging plants (and different sizes) before you make your final decision.

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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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