Helen Hutchings-Cox makes the case for the importance of one of our less flashy pollinators, the hoverfly. Essential to our ecosystem but declining at an alarming rate, hoverflies need our help, and Helen gives us her top six practical tips for caring for them.
Alan names and shames his personal gardening nemesis: the water feature. Dodging any responsibility for its rise to popularity through Ground Force, Alan tries to find the ones whose beauty justifies the bother of maintenance.
In a world of plastic, be more terracotta. Jane Perrone makes the case for baked earth as the ultimate container for your favourite plants, indoors and out, plus the surprisingly simple trick (involving your dishwasher) that could save a dying pot.
Simon Lycett, floral designer to the stars, gets given the keys for some truly spectacular venues and today, he's allowing us to peek into the hidden world of event floristry. From Hampton Court Palace to St Paul's, these are parties on a grand scale.
So ubiquitous we are in danger of taking them for granted, the pelargonium has a long, aristocratic history. George Plumptre explores this posh plant's rise to fame and makes the case for declaring the pelargonium a feminist icon.
