Featured Gardener: Kay Maynard

by | April 7th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Kay Maynard sitting at a table in her garden.

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Kay Maynard from @brook_cottage_ shares her wonderful Welsh garden with two adorable sausage dogs and a plethora of wildlife. With a pond, bridge, weekend shelter, outdoor stove and a beautifully collated selection of plants, her magical outside space can be used all year round. Learn more about this vintage-loving upcycler and her gorgeous garden here…

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Featured Gardener: Lizzie Schofield

by | March 10th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Image of Lizzie Schofield with yellow flower

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Lizzie Schofield, aka @cuthbertsbrae_garden, lives with her family in the north-east of Scotland and is a proud ambassador for Scotland’s Garden Scheme. She’s also a television presenter on BBC Two’s Beechgrove Garden. Find out how Lizzie turned a wild wasteland into something rather special…

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Featured Gardener: Tom Strowlger

by | February 10th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

Tom Strowlger crouched in wellies holding a leafy plant.

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A popular Instagram gardener, Tom Strowlger, aka @garden_with_tom, started posting videos during lockdown and has never looked back. This inspirational garden writer captures the wonder of each plant and flower in his garden, unveiling the magic of nature with friendly ease. Find out what Tom has planned for the year ahead…

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Featured Gardener: Leigh Johnstone

by | January 13th, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

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…)

Featured Gardener: @gardenwithjonny

by | December 9th, 2024 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

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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Featured Gardener: @aoifes_allotment_adventures

by | November 12th, 2024 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts

If you’re looking for gardening inspiration, Instagram is a veritable treasure trove of tips! We recently chatted to the robin-whisperer behind @aoifes_allotment_adventures who has transformed her plot into a vibrant space for wildlife and her local community to enjoy and share. Find out more about Aoife and her fascinating journey here…

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