garden tips

How to build a raised bed from planks showing attachments of horizontal planks to the vertical uprights, and how to secure the bed in the ground

Ring barking a tree

How to divide a large clump or iris, tease the roots apart and re plant the divided plants

How to establish and prune a topiary globe using a wire frame

Runner bean trellis with young plants at the foot of each bamboo cane

How to establish and prune a topiary pyramid using a wire frame

Comparison of the tiny seeds of plants such as poppy to the much larger enormous seeds of plants like the broad bean

How to establish and prune a topiary spiral using a wire frame

Using guides and tips to get the shape you want for your hedge by pruning with shears

How to prune when buds are alternate rather than opposite each other

How to prune when buds are opposite each other not alternate

How to prune holly

Putting up a wire into a brick wall and ying in plants to encourage and surpport growth

Planting a shrub in a border making sure the hole is large enough for the roots and that the shrub is planted level, back filling the soil and the hole, and watering in

Planting a tree and making sure the hole is large enough for the root ball and the substrate is soft compost and soil, then ensuring the young tree is supported with an appropriate stake

How to dig up turf and plant bulbs underneath before folding the grass sod back on top of the bulbs

How to pollard a tree by pruning

Using a second plant pot to provide drainage and support for a pot plant

Safely pricking out seedlings from a seed tray

Dividing lily bulbs and establishing new plants in separate plant pots once the separated bulbs have sprouted new bubils

How to prune a tree to ensure you have a single stem tree

Delphiniums supported by link stakes in a pot

Propagating strawberries and finding and planting in runners to produce new plants which can be potted on sparately once established

Steps involved in cutting and making steps in the garden showing how to lay foundations of gravel, get the steps straight and level, and lay the paving slabs on top