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Featured Gardener: Christina Carpenter

by Thompson & Morgan | Aug 11, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts | 0 Comments

woman kneeling next to a planter of flowering bulbs

Image courtesy of Christina Carpenter

When Christina Carpenter moved into her Devonshire home two years ago, the garden was a complete blank canvas. Since then, Christina (also known as @lady_green_fingers) has transformed it into a vibrant, wildlife-friendly space bursting with flowers, homegrown veg, and unique upcycled projects. Discover how she created a tranquil haven for herself and the occasional hedgehog…

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The Thompson & Morgan horticultural team produces a wealth of content around gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.

How to choose the best pots for container gardening

by Mandy Bradshaw | Jul 23, 2025 | Gardening Posts, Gardening Tips, Windowsill Grower | 0 Comments

There are many ways to create a garden, and you don’t need acres of space, tonnes of soil or a green lawn to do it. A few carefully chosen pots, troughs, planters, windowboxes and raised beds will quickly transform a bland space into a mini oasis or a productive veg patch. And, if you live in a rental property, you can take them all with you when you leave.

Browse our full range of containers and plant pots for more inspiration.

Mandy Bradshaw

Cotswold-based, Garden Media Guild member, Mandy Bradshaw is also known as the Chatty Gardener. Passionate about gardening and writing, her beginnings are in football reporting for her primary school, and Mesembryanthemum planting with her mother. Winner of the ‘Garden Journalist of the Year’ in the 2018 Property Press Awards, she writes for not only her own blog but also newspapers, magazines and other sites.

Finalist in Garden Media Guild Awards for 2022 – Category ‘Blog or Vlog of the Year’

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Gardening Grant Helps Community Garden Thrive

by Thompson & Morgan | Jul 21, 2025 | Gardening News, Gardening Posts | 0 Comments

Image courtesy of MindSpace Stamford

To celebrate our 170th birthday, we created the Grow Your Garden Grant – a £250 voucher to support a UK charity, community group, school or gardening club with their growing goals. This year’s winner, MindSpace Stamford, used the grant to support their Wellbeing Garden – a peaceful space where gardening helps nurture community connection and mental wellbeing.

Thompson & Morgan

The Thompson & Morgan horticultural team produces a wealth of content around gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.

Featured Gardener: Michelle Washington-Jenkins

by Thompson & Morgan | Jul 7, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts | 0 Comments

Woman holding a large bouquet of purple flowers in a polytunnel.

Image courtesy of Michelle Washington-Jenkins

After a career in dance and co-founding a talent agency, Michelle Washington-Jenkins stepped back to raise her three children – and unearthed a passion for gardening. Today, she’s a trained horticulturist, professional flower grower and the digital creator known as @floriansbotanical, sharing her love of seasonal blooms from her beautiful Victorian walled garden in Hampshire. Discover how Michelle built a flower-filled life from scratch – and why her greenhouse is the beating heart of both her growing and creativity.

Thompson & Morgan

The Thompson & Morgan horticultural team produces a wealth of content around gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.

Natural pest control masterclass: Best expert tips

by Thompson & Morgan | Jun 30, 2025 | Gardening Masterclasses, Gardening Posts | 0 Comments

Ladybirds benefit your garden as they feed on aphids
Image: Ladybirds (25 adults) and Ladybird Larvae (pack of 100) from Thompson & Morgan

Whether you want to protect flowers from being munched down to bare stalks or preserve precious fruit and veg from hungry critters, we’ve gathered a wealth of expert pest control tips to help you out. Here are some of the best natural pest control methods to keep your garden looking great.

Browse our excellent range of nasturtium seeds for a superb sacrificial plant.

Thompson & Morgan

The Thompson & Morgan horticultural team produces a wealth of content around gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.

Featured Gardener: Charlotte Hugh

by Thompson & Morgan | Jun 9, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts | 0 Comments

In just a few short years, Charlotte Hugh from @new.house.home has completely transformed her empty new build plot into a riot of texture, colour and scent. Working with her husband Ben, she has added a greenhouse, a pergola, brick paths, several unique ‘zones’ and a huge number of plants to their gorgeous outside space. Find out how she created her dream garden, and what has been her biggest regret…

Thompson & Morgan

The Thompson & Morgan horticultural team produces a wealth of content around gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.

How to get the best from your blossom

by Kris Collins | May 27, 2025 | Fruit, Gardening Posts | 0 Comments

Will your spring blossom turn into bumper fruit crops?
Image courtesy of Kris Collins

Encouraged by a cold winter and a warm spring, ornamental blossom displays have been a joy to experience this year. The celebration of cherry blossom at RHS Garden Wisley gave Japan’s spring displays a run for their money! Whether you grow ornamental trees or fruiting varieties, T&M’s quality control manager Kris Collins shares advice on how to encourage beautiful blossom…

Kris Collins

Kris Collins works as Thompson & Morgan’s quality control manager, making sure customers new and old are kept up to date on the latest plant developments and company news via a wide range of media sources. He trained in London’s Royal Parks and has spent more than a decade writing for UK gardening publications before joining the team at Thompson & Morgan.

Which plants benefit from the Chelsea Chop?

by Kris Collins | May 20, 2025 | Gardening Posts, Perennials | 0 Comments

Chelsea time is pruning time!
Image: Kris Collins

Held at the end of May, RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the crown jewel of the gardening calendar where green thumbs gather, plants strut their stuff, and horticultural creativity blossoms. While it’s a busy time for designers sculpting prize-winning show gardens, it’s also a busy time for gardeners who need to prune perennials. Coinciding perfectly with Chelsea Week, this timely prune has become widely known as – you guessed it – the Chelsea Chop!

Here, T&M’s quality control manager Kris Collins explains which plants benefit from the Chelsea Chop, and how to go about it… In the meantime, browse our full range of perennial plants for more inspiration.

Kris Collins

Kris Collins works as Thompson & Morgan’s quality control manager, making sure customers new and old are kept up to date on the latest plant developments and company news via a wide range of media sources. He trained in London’s Royal Parks and has spent more than a decade writing for UK gardening publications before joining the team at Thompson & Morgan.

Featured Gardener: Jonathan Sheppard

by Thompson & Morgan | May 6, 2025 | Featured Gardener, Gardening Posts | 0 Comments

Jonathan Sheppard sharing his cosmos collection with HM Queen Camilla at RHS Chelsea Show.

Image courtesy of Jonathan Sheppard

Cosmos National Collection holder Jonathan Sheppard (@thejsheppard) is exhibiting a range of Cosmos bipinnatus at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show — including a brand new cultivar from Thompson & Morgan’s breeding programme: Cosmos ‘Fondant Fancy’, with deep pink, saucer-shaped blooms. With a passion for sustainability, his plants are all home grown without peat or pesticides. Despite being knee-deep in preparations, this eco-friendly grower gave us a sneak peek at what goes on behind the scenes.

Thompson & Morgan

The Thompson & Morgan horticultural team produces a wealth of content around gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.

WIN RHS Chelsea Flower Show Award Winning Plants

by Thompson & Morgan | Apr 15, 2025 | Competitions, Gardening Posts | 33 Comments

This competition has now closed, but thank you for entering. A huge congratulations goes out to our winner. Please keep an eye on our competition page for future giveaways, and if you’re interested in what makes these award-winning plants so special, read on..

Thompson & Morgan

The Thompson & Morgan horticultural team produces a wealth of content around gardening and food production. Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.

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Featured Gardener: Christina Carpenter

How to choose the best pots for container gardening

Gardening Grant Helps Community Garden Thrive

Featured Gardener: Michelle Washington-Jenkins

Natural pest control masterclass: Best expert tips

Featured Gardener: Charlotte Hugh

How to get the best from your blossom

Which plants benefit from the Chelsea Chop?

Featured Gardener: Jonathan Sheppard

WIN RHS Chelsea Flower Show Award Winning Plants

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