Guide to Planting in the Shade

Most gardens have a difficult spot in the shade where things can often struggle to grow. However, planting the right plants in the right place can transform your dull patch of shade into a green haven of colour and texture.

Planting for year round interest

Although many plants, just like people, have their quirks and thrive in different conditions, there are some excellent all-rounders that will cope with a myriad of different situations.

Alternative Topiary Balls

Structure and form are key components in a garden that needs to look good all year round. So we have given the humble hanging basket a 21st century makeover and created some alterative topiary using low maintenance, tough as old boots, Sedums and Sempervirens

Creating a Wildlife Gabion

Usually filled with stone or pebbles, gabions can be used for all kinds of projects in the garden, whether building a retaining wall, making a seat or even creating your own water feature as we have in our show garden here at Tong.

Katie shows you how to plant a Terrarium, a fantastic indoor centre-piece. A Terrarium is a tiny indoor garden that you plant in a glass vessel which can, essentially, be anything you want.

Katie shows you how to make a contemporary container, something a little but more urban. Containers are a fantastic way to bring the inside of your house to the outside.

In this how to video we learn how to plant a container full of colour. It’s a fairly quick job to do and the results are fantastic.

Katie shows you how to make a container garden full of things you can use in the kitchen using a variety of Mediterranean herbs. Remember that drainage is key and it will require free-draining soil.

Katie shows you how to make a show stopping container, focal point for your garden and something that will look fantastic, hopefully, for 365 days of the year.

Indoor plants have had a resurgence in popularity so, in this how to video Katie shows you how to plant an indoor hanging basket.