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A bee-autiful giveaway! Win ‘The Secret Lives of Garden Bees’ plus planting tools

These are strange and unsettling times, for sure. But as spring unfurls outside our windows, and there’s warmth in the...

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Serious gardening, made stylish: new additions to the Sophie Conran collection

This season our much-loved Sophie Conran for Burgon & Ball collection sees exciting new additions, including many new large garden tools....

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New 'National Trust made by Burgon Ball' garden tools: high-quality with heritage style

This year we are launching an exciting new licensed range of tools in a major collaboration with Europe’s largest conservation charity,...

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Gorgeous gardening gifts to make Mother's Day

It’s coming up to that time of year again, when you want to show your mum how much you appreciate...

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A grand evening out, with Piet and Monty

On a chilly afternoon in February, we headed to the Royal Geographical Society in London’s South Kensington, for a very...

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Share your gorgeous 2019 garden

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED We all love our gardens. Each garden is special, whether it’s a generous expanse...

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Hedging your bets: plant a hedge this winter

If the winter winds have damaged your fences, why not consider replacing it with a hedge instead? Today hedges are...

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Earning their stripes: smart new Sophie Conran ticking garden accessories

Some fabrics will never go out of fashion. Whenever and wherever they surface, they’re just so intrinsically ‘right’. A crisp...

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Japanese flower arranging: the art of ikebana

Japanese flower arranging (ikebana) seems to epitomise the culture of Japan where it has developed over centuries: elegant, restrained, respectful....

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Make microgreens a must-have this winter

If, like us, you baulk slightly at the thought of heading into the cold, dark days of winter – not...

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Gorgeous gardening gifts: the best gardening gifts for Christmas 2019

If you're looking for Christmas gift inspiration for a green-fingered loved one, or need to come up with ideas for...

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Win grow-your-own goodies with Stephanie Hafferty, a very Creative Kitchen Gardener

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED As summer draws to a close, with social media and gardening magazines crammed with...

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Beautiful bats: not just for Hallowe’en

As British Summer Time ends and suddenly we’re plunged into darkness at five in the afternoon, we find our thoughts...

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Autumn lawn care for a healthy and luscious lawn

A smooth, lush lawn is the perfect foil to any planting. From the first shy snowdrops to the autumn finale...

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Plants bulbs now for a spectacular spring

Autumn is where next year’s garden starts! It’s an exciting time – dreaming of next year’s colour palette, the complementary...

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Taupe of the class: the new taupe plant pot

You may have noticed in your local garden centre that there’s a new look to the plants section. Plant pots...

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New RHS-endorsed left-handed bypass secateur available this autumn

Did you know that around 11 per cent of the population is left-handed? In a world designed for the right-handed...

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Horatio’s Garden: making a difference

It is a truth universally acknowledged, as Jane Austen so neatly wrote, that gardeners are the most lovely people. Much...

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Create your own cutting garden with Clare Nolan

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED Stylist, author and photographer, Clare Nolan shares her joy of growing and styling home-grown...

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Secateurs and scissors: our guide to cutting tools

With the days getting shorter, the mornings getting decidedly fresher, and the smell of woodsmoke in the air, it’s starting...

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What to plant in August

Does it feel ever-so-slightly like your garden has already peaked? With evenings getting shorter and mornings getting cooler, not to...

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Plot-to-plate inspiration at River Cottage

A trip to the glorious Devon countryside in the height of summer, and an opportunity to look around the famous...

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The Phytosanctuary Garden by Kristian Reay: win RHS cutting tools

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED At Burgon & Ball we like to support emerging talent in the world...

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To dye for: Pollyanna Wilkinson’s Naturecraft Garden

If you were lucky enough to go to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival this year (renamed from the...

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Share your gorgeous garden - and win!

We all love our gardens. Each garden is special, whether it’s a generous expanse of greenery, or a compact courtyard....

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Postcards from Chelsea Part 4: a new RHS garden

Occupying one of the most high profile sites in this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, between the main entrance to...

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Postcards from Chelsea Part 3: the Wedgwood garden

At the Chelsea Flower Show last year we nearly missed the Wedgwood garden, designed by Jo Thompson. When we did...

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How to: prune clematis

Most people have a soft spot for climbing plants, don’t they? Whether you yearn for the romance of abundant blooms...

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Make Dad’s day with gardening gifts for green-fingered fathers

So often, it’s the man of the house who gives us treasured memories of our childhood gardening exploits. The warm,...

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A pedigree of performance: the Burgon & Ball story

We’re known today for our fine garden tools, and for our endorsement by the Royal Horticultural Society. But did you...

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Postcards from Chelsea Part 2: Happy memories…

We’re back from possibly the best week of our year here at Burgon & Ball; the week we spend at...

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Postcards from Chelsea, Part 1: Lilly goes to Chelsea

What a week it was! The RHS Chelsea Flower Show; a glorious week of gardens that's one of the highlights...

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Five stars for our Chelsea stand

We were delighted this week to be awarded won five stars from the Royal Horticultural Society for our stand at the...

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Chelsea's here! A whole week of gorgeous gardens

At last, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is here! We love our week in the thick of the action at...

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Perfectly Passiflora… Muck Boots and RHS Gifts for Gardeners up for grabs

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED You might recall that back in the gloomy days of January, we ran a...

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Centenary celebrations and a gorgeous new garden: horti excellence at Exbury

A garden, it’s said, is a creation in four dimensions; the fourth dimension, the one that often gets overlooked, is...

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New Super Slice offers super-fast weeding for today's gardens

New for 2019, our new Super Slice offers a new way to tackle weeding in today’s gardens. We've developed it...

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Gardener’s guide to plant fertilizers

As spring starts to peek through, we gardeners are full of plans and are itching to get started on making...

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The women gardeners of Mbollet Ba (or, How a little compost can change your life)

We’ve collaborated for some years now with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) on our extensive ranges of RHS-endorsed tools and...

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Swing into action with our new Express Hoe for fast, easy weeding

Some people love weeding. They love the meditative state of cautious attention to detail, happily spending hours carefully identifying each...

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Win a beautiful new border for a marvellous mum

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED The days are lengthening, the spring flowers are peeking through, and of course, Mother’s Day...

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Mum’s the word! Gardening gifts for Mother’s Day

It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to showing mums everywhere just how much they’re appreciated for everything...

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Passionate about pots: our new RHS-endorsed tools for container gardening

We love gardening with containers. We love that satisfaction we get when we create something new, beautiful and colourful for...

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New Love the Glove design in favourite shades, for a perfect gardening gift set

This season there's something a little bit different in our stylish Love The Glove range of ladies’ gardening gloves, with the...

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New Year, new… boots? Our Muck Boot giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED There’s a shiny new calendar on the wall (in our case, showing some particularly lovely...

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Roses are red, violets are blue…

Valentine’s Day approaches, that annual festival of love. Named for a third-century priest who helped Roman soldiers to marry when...

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A quick guide to painless pruning

People get very nervous about pruning. Every gardener has experience of pruning too hard, or at the wrong time, or...

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How to prune houseplants: an easy guide

With a wide range of interesting houseplants now readily available, and even the more unusual varieties fairly easy to track...

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Perfect present: Gift of the Year awards recognition from the experts in gifts

We’re very excited to learn that no fewer than five of our new ideas for gardening gifts have been shortlisted...

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Pretty and practical: gorgeous new gardening gifts this Christmas

This Christmas, we have lots of gorgeous new gardening gifts and some handy new tools too, so gardeners can be well...

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A grand evening out, with Piet and Monty

We recently headed to London for a very special evening - an evening in the company of Piet Oudolf and Monty Don. Hosted by Maggie's, everyone's home of cancer care, it was an entertaining an informative evening - and here's what we learned.

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Autumn lawn care for a healthy and luscious lawn

A smooth, lush lawn is the perfect foil to any planting. From the first shy snowdrops to the autumn finale of the dahlias’ jewel hues, a lawn provides the classic garden backdrop. And next year’s lawn starts here! Here are five autumn lawn care tasks to tackle before winter sets in.

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Secateurs and scissors: our guide to cutting tools

Our range of RHS-endorsed cutting tools contains a slightly bewildering variety of implements. We thought it might be helpful to present a quick guide to our key RHS-endorsed cutting tools, highlighting their relevant points of difference, to help you choose the right tool for the job in the autumn tidy-up.

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How to: prune clematis

When it comes to climbing plants, clematis is one of the most versatile, with different varieties blooming from winter through to late autumn. However, clematis can rather run away, becoming tangled and sprawling. Here's our quick guide to pruning clematis to keep it in shape and blooming beautifully.

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The Burgon & Ball Journal

A bee-autiful giveaway! Win ‘The Secret Lives of Garden Bees’ plus planting tools

Serious gardening, made stylish: new additions to the Sophie Conran collection

New 'National Trust made by Burgon Ball' garden tools: high-quality with heritage style

Gorgeous gardening gifts to make Mother's Day

A grand evening out, with Piet and Monty

Share your gorgeous 2019 garden

Hedging your bets: plant a hedge this winter

Earning their stripes: smart new Sophie Conran ticking garden accessories

Japanese flower arranging: the art of ikebana

Make microgreens a must-have this winter

Gorgeous gardening gifts: the best gardening gifts for Christmas 2019

Win grow-your-own goodies with Stephanie Hafferty, a very Creative Kitchen Gardener

Beautiful bats: not just for Hallowe’en

Autumn lawn care for a healthy and luscious lawn

Plants bulbs now for a spectacular spring

Taupe of the class: the new taupe plant pot

New RHS-endorsed left-handed bypass secateur available this autumn

Horatio’s Garden: making a difference

Create your own cutting garden with Clare Nolan

Secateurs and scissors: our guide to cutting tools

What to plant in August

Plot-to-plate inspiration at River Cottage

The Phytosanctuary Garden by Kristian Reay: win RHS cutting tools

To dye for: Pollyanna Wilkinson’s Naturecraft Garden

Share your gorgeous garden - and win!

Postcards from Chelsea Part 4: a new RHS garden

Postcards from Chelsea Part 3: the Wedgwood garden

How to: prune clematis

Make Dad’s day with gardening gifts for green-fingered fathers

A pedigree of performance: the Burgon & Ball story

Postcards from Chelsea Part 2: Happy memories…

Postcards from Chelsea, Part 1: Lilly goes to Chelsea

Five stars for our Chelsea stand

Chelsea's here! A whole week of gorgeous gardens

Perfectly Passiflora… Muck Boots and RHS Gifts for Gardeners up for grabs

Centenary celebrations and a gorgeous new garden: horti excellence at Exbury

New Super Slice offers super-fast weeding for today's gardens

Gardener’s guide to plant fertilizers

The women gardeners of Mbollet Ba (or, How a little compost can change your life)

Swing into action with our new Express Hoe for fast, easy weeding

Win a beautiful new border for a marvellous mum

Mum’s the word! Gardening gifts for Mother’s Day

Passionate about pots: our new RHS-endorsed tools for container gardening

New Love the Glove design in favourite shades, for a perfect gardening gift set

New Year, new… boots? Our Muck Boot giveaway

Roses are red, violets are blue…

A quick guide to painless pruning

How to prune houseplants: an easy guide

Perfect present: Gift of the Year awards recognition from the experts in gifts

Pretty and practical: gorgeous new gardening gifts this Christmas

A grand evening out, with Piet and Monty

Autumn lawn care for a healthy and luscious lawn

Secateurs and scissors: our guide to cutting tools

How to: prune clematis

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