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Gardening

  • Ten bulbs to plant now for a dreamy spring garden

    Want to know how the Wormsley Estate in Bucks looks so fabulous come spring? Head gardener Charlotte Tremlin reveals her secret for glorious beds and baskets.

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    Five ways to pimp your home office

    With WFH now the norm, the dining room table just isn’t cutting it any more, but we’ve got the answer – a glam garden room is what you need. Here’s where to get one and how to style it.

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    10 Ways to get a low-maintenance garden

    Whether it's battling unruly borders or losing against the leaves keeping up with your garden can be hard work. But help is at hand from Sue Parry, Muddy Stilettos Best Garden Designer 2021! Ready to transform your jungle into a stress-free, low maintenance sanctuary? Read on.

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    10 Best garden party picks

    It's all about the alfresco entertaining this month. So here are 10 essential picks and ideas for making your next garden party go with a bang - all from local Glos & Worcs businesses.

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    Get the garden of dreams: 10 tips from the pros

    Whether you have a bijou backyard or several acres to sit out in, making the most of our outdoor space is key. Steal the tricks of the trade from an RHS-winning landscape architect right here.

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    Transform your interior in 12 easy steps

    Bored of staring at the same beige walls or underwhelmed by less-than-thrilling rooms? Try these 12 fantastic tips from a Cirencester interiors legend who's been beautifying homes for 21 years.

  • Easy gardening jobs to do before Spring

    Want a fabulous garden come spring? Now is the time to act! Here are five things you should be doing to see your garden flourishing once the sunnier days arrive.

  • Lockdown Gardens in Bloom: the results!

    The results are in! See who's nabbed the top spots in our first ever Lockdown Gardens in Bloom competition with gorgeous gardens and homewares boutique Olive & Sage.

  • This year’s hottest garden trends

    We've never appreciated our gardens more than during lockdown - here's how to transform them following trends from our Lockdown Gardens in Bloom competition.

  • 8 unusual herbs to spice up your life

    Or your cooking and cocktails at the very least! Get your chops around these unusual herbs, perfect for everything from pepping up your barbecue to sweetening your mojito. Arriba!

  • Lockdown garden stunners

    Entered Muddy's Lockdown Gardens in Bloom yet? Stake out your competition here and snap your space to win part of our £1000 prize pot to spend at Olive & Sage.

  • Muddy ‘Lockdown Gardens in Bloom’ is GO!

    Calling all green fingered goddesses! We want to see your lockdown gardening handiwork. Snap your space and post it on Instagram for the chance to win vouchers (there's £1000 up for grabs) to spend online at gorgeous garden and homewares boutique Olive & Sage.

  • Pimp your patio with these 18 outdoor buys

    We’re swapping holidays abroad for le jardín this summer, so best make it the ultimate destination. Cue the Muddy shopping edit of the coolest accessories to deck out your outdoor space.

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    10 of the best gardening books

    Fancy getting all green fingered in the garden but don't really know where to start? Here's a helping hand with 10 terrific tomes to add to your reading list.

  • All cooped up! Check out these cool hen houses

    Attention, would-be chicken farmers! We've rounded up nine of the most stylish chicken coops for your feathered friends. Has it been worth the oeuf-ort? (I'll get my coat)

  • Grow your own vegetable garden

    10 idiot-proof veg to grow now

    (Or how not to get scurvy during lockdown). Here's how to go self-sufficient, thanks to TV gardener Toby Buckland's top veg patch tips. Ready the trowels!

  • 8 flowers to choose for a cutting garden

    Dibbers at the ready! Garden broadcaster Toby Buckland picks a pocketful of posies that anyone - yes, even you with the dead house plants - can grow.

  • Feb gardening tips

    No idea whether to mulch, prune or - goddamit - both?! The Top 5 things to do in your garden this month to get it into tip top shape for Spring.

  • Gardening div? Read on!

    Love gardening but it's a jungle out there? Grab the secateurs and read our top summer tips.

  • Gardening for dummies

    Go on, pull on those gardening gloves – you don't need to be green-fingered. Honest.

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