Explore ways to freshen up any hard landscaping, from scrubbing down paving to giving tired garden furniture a makeover

Generations Y and Z more likely to be enthralled by Stargazer’s zingy hues and almost surreal perfection

Lavender plants come on for a gentle annual trim immediately after flowering to keep them in shape

For award-winning garden designer Adam Hunt, the garden should be ‘a living dialogue between the natural and the cultivated world’

Is it worth investing in an electric propagator?

Waterlogged soil typically needs several weeks of predominantly dry weather to start to recover its equilibrium

There is good news for organically minded gardeners

It took Jimi Blake at Hunting Brook Gardens in Wicklow time to come around to the humble snowdrop, but he eventually saw the light

Certain breeds are great at keeping down populations of slugs and snails, but they do need to be kept out of vulnerable areas

Plants are so resilient to injury - cut their stems and branches back and they will usually regrow, just not in the very same way

It’s important to recognise the fine line between the gardening jobs that can and can’t be safely carried out at this time of year

It’s not just the delicately balanced cycle of the seasons that’s being disrupted, but also our understanding of that cycle

Many roses have been slow to settle into their normal cycle of winter dormancy in milder parts of the country

The head gardener at the National Botanic Gardens in Kilmacurragh always had one eye on the past and one on the future

Tips, tricks and invaluable gardening knowledge in these page turners for green-fingered enthusiasts