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A sustainability award for BoronGreen

We were delighted to get an early Christmas present recently... we won an award for the way we’ve built improved...

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Our perfect presents: Team Burgon & Ball's top Christmas gifts

A few years ago we wondered which of our tools, accessories and gifts our friends here at Burgon & Ball...

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Take wild birds under your wing this winter

Inviting wild birds to share their lives with you is a lovely way to bring colour, life and drama into...

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Everything’s coming up roses! A giveaway for rose-lovers

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED November sees the start of the bare root planting season, a great way to make...

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Have a colourful Christmas!

This Christmas, the big news is colour! After years of living with graphite grey, the latest trends for home and...

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Go bare this winter: why bare-root plants are brilliant

If you thought there’s not much planting to be done in winter, think again! Winter is the ideal time for...

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Win a summer of colourful outdoor living

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED We were at a trade event earlier this year, back in the chilly dark days...

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A Beautiful Border adventure at Gardeners’ World Live

Every summer, the many garden and flower shows taking place around the country bring us spectacle, inspiration, and of course,...

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Collect seeds now for a wonderful garden next year

August is the month when everything in the garden feels ripe and ready. It may feel like summer is starting...

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What to plant in August

It feels like the growing season is roaring past, but we’re not about to give up on summer just yet....

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Give topiary a try! June is the perfect month for topiary

Topiary never goes out of fashion, and it makes a fabulously stylish addition to any garden, whether modern or more...

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Make Dad's day: Father's Day gift guide 2025

Father’s Day is coming up fast – this year it’s on 15 June. So it’s really time to get organised...

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Postcards from Chelsea: our favourite things 2025

Another year, another RHS Chelsea Flower Show. You’d think we’d be blasé about it, but it never gets old! Each...

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On tour in schools with The Skinny Jean Gardener

It’s no secret that we love gardening. We love being in the garden, we love seeing the results of our...

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Time to get growing with our Dalefoot Composts giveaway!

May is such a special time. Everything is growing furiously, you can practically see your plants shooting up! Seedlings are...

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How to make a new garden flourish - and there's a giveaway, too!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED If you love your gardening books, you may have spotted a gorgeous new release from...

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Tips on edging your lawn this spring

Spring is here, and although the season often gives us a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to...

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Introducing BoronGreen: a revolution in gardening tools!

As gardeners, we’re all keen to help our little patch of earth thrive and flourish, and for most people, this...

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How to build your capsule collection of gardening essentials

When it comes to putting together a capsule gardening kit, it’s probably better to talk about tasks rather than tools,...

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Gorgeous gardening gifts for Mother's Day 2025

Mother’s Day is late this year, on 30 March – which makes it brilliant for gardeners! It’s also the first...

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March is here, and there’s plenty of planting to be done

March already, and spring has to be on the way. The days are getting noticeably longer, and the clocks change...

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Happiness is… a hanging basket

Run out of space for plants in your garden and pots? Well, start going upwards! Hanging baskets are a great...

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Be a winter winner in our Gabriel Ash giveaway!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED Banish the January blues with this fantastic giveaway with Gabriel Ash. Win a prize worth...

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Roses are red… Gardening gifts for your Valentine

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and frankly, in the stormy gloom of January, it’s nice to have something...

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Let’s get growing! Grow-your-own in February

February is the month when ‘grow your own’ really gets going! We fondly remember the piles of potatoes, buckets of...

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Glow up your November garden with Chrysanthemums – and a giveaway!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED As the light fades and we head into winter, don’t you find that you’re drawn...

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The best gardening gifts for Christmas 2024

This Christmas gardeners are in for a treat, as we have a wide selection of gorgeous gardening gifts to choose from....

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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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Put a spring in your step: top tips for planting spring bulbs

If you’re anything like us, spring bulbs create one of the most welcome sights of the whole gardening year. From...

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Magical mulch! Why you should mulch your garden this autumn

Although the nights are chilly now, the days are still warm. The soil is still retaining its warmth too, gently heated...

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What we learned from the Flood Resilient Garden at RHS Chelsea

It has been a rainy first half of 2024, by anybody’s standards. We’re halfway through July, and already this month...

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Darkly dramatic: our new Sahara Sunset home collection

Summertime turns our thoughts to adventures in far-off places, and we think our new Sahara Sunset homeware collection captures the...

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Pteridomania: Victorian fern fever revisited for the 21st century

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED One thing we’ve omitted from our round-up of our favourite things from RHS Chelsea 2024 is...

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Stop and smell the flowers: a GW Live garden

We always like to support garden designers where we can, and summer is an exciting time as we follow the...

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Postcards from Chelsea: our favourite things 2024

Every year we just love our week in the horticultural wonderland that is the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. We love...

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The personal touch: our new personalised trowel – with a giveaway!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED If you’re looking for the perfect gift, don’t you find that a little personal touch...

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Get growing together with RHS Growing Gardeners

We love to get people gardening – and that includes people of all sizes! We know that kids love to...

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Gorgeous gifts for marvellous mums!

Mother’s Day is coming up fast – it falls on 10 March this year. It will here before we know...

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Asteraceae: a new ‘RHS Gifts for Gardeners’ collection

This season, there's a gorgeous new design collection in our much-loved ‘RHS Gifts for Gardeners’ range of gardening gifts. Entitled...

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Gorgeous gardening gifts for Christmas 2023

This Christmas gardeners are in for a treat, as we have a wide selection of gorgeous gardening gifts on offer. Available...

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A blooming successful night: industry awards win for new RHS tools

We were thrilled to bits recently to take top honours at the GIMA Awards 2023 with our three new RHS-endorsed...

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TLC for tools: tool maintenance to make your tools last longer

In an ideal world, we’d all carefully wipe down our garden tools with an oiled cloth after every use, and...

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Kids' gardening project: make apple bird feeders - with a giveaway!

Autumn is definitely here, with early twilight and misty mornings. But time in the garden doesn’t have to end just...

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"How did I get myself into this?" A designer's first show garden

Getting started as a garden designer is tough. We like to lend a helping hand where we can, and several...

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Life after Chelsea: a show garden to inspire

Regular readers of our Journal will recall that this year at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show we were delighted to...

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How to prune wisteria

We’re all a little bit in love with wisteria, aren’t we? Whether it’s scrambling up the honey-coloured walls of a...

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Giveaway: win our Waterfall 9-litre watering can

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED After a chilly spring, summer has hit gardeners hard and fast. With hosepipe bans in...

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Make a clean sweep with new RHS-endorsed garden brushes

Every gardener needs a good garden brush or two, don't they? From compost spills, to hedge clippings, to autumn leaves,...

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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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Postcards from Chelsea: our favourite things 2023

RHS Chelsea is always a highlight of our calendar – we just love it! It’s such a great way to...

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Roses are red… Gardening gifts for your Valentine

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and it's the perfect opportunity to let the gardener in your life know how much you appreciate them – or to give yourself a little treat! Here are our top picks for Valentine's Day gifts for gardeners 2023.

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Perfect presents for every gardener this Christmas!

To help with finding the perfect present for the gardener in your life, we’ve put our thinking caps on to bring you our suggestions for the perfect Christmas gift for every gardener – however they love to garden. Lawn lover? Allotmenteer? Houseplant parent? Read on to find inspiration for every type of gardener.

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The best Christmas gifts for gardeners 2022

This Christmas gardeners are in for a treat, as we have a wide selection of gorgeous gardening gifts on offer. Available from good garden centres, gift outlets and here on our website there’s the perfect present for everyone who loves their garden. Read on for gift inspiration!

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Father’s Day gifts for gardening dads 2022

Father’s Day is just around the corner. This year it’s on June 19th, so it’s definitely time to get organised. Kitting him out with some great gardening gizmos will be a sure-fire way to make him feel loved! Here's our pick of the best Father's Day gifts for gardeners 2022, so read on for gift inspiration.

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The Burgon & Ball Journal

A sustainability award for BoronGreen

Our perfect presents: Team Burgon & Ball's top Christmas gifts

Take wild birds under your wing this winter

Everything’s coming up roses! A giveaway for rose-lovers

Have a colourful Christmas!

Go bare this winter: why bare-root plants are brilliant

Win a summer of colourful outdoor living

A Beautiful Border adventure at Gardeners’ World Live

Collect seeds now for a wonderful garden next year

What to plant in August

Give topiary a try! June is the perfect month for topiary

Make Dad's day: Father's Day gift guide 2025

Postcards from Chelsea: our favourite things 2025

On tour in schools with The Skinny Jean Gardener

Time to get growing with our Dalefoot Composts giveaway!

How to make a new garden flourish - and there's a giveaway, too!

Tips on edging your lawn this spring

Introducing BoronGreen: a revolution in gardening tools!

How to build your capsule collection of gardening essentials

Gorgeous gardening gifts for Mother's Day 2025

March is here, and there’s plenty of planting to be done

Happiness is… a hanging basket

Be a winter winner in our Gabriel Ash giveaway!

Roses are red… Gardening gifts for your Valentine

Let’s get growing! Grow-your-own in February

Glow up your November garden with Chrysanthemums – and a giveaway!

The best gardening gifts for Christmas 2024

Autumn lawn care for a healthy and luscious lawn

Put a spring in your step: top tips for planting spring bulbs

Magical mulch! Why you should mulch your garden this autumn

What we learned from the Flood Resilient Garden at RHS Chelsea

Darkly dramatic: our new Sahara Sunset home collection

Pteridomania: Victorian fern fever revisited for the 21st century

Stop and smell the flowers: a GW Live garden

Postcards from Chelsea: our favourite things 2024

The personal touch: our new personalised trowel – with a giveaway!

Get growing together with RHS Growing Gardeners

Gorgeous gifts for marvellous mums!

Asteraceae: a new ‘RHS Gifts for Gardeners’ collection

Gorgeous gardening gifts for Christmas 2023

A blooming successful night: industry awards win for new RHS tools

TLC for tools: tool maintenance to make your tools last longer

Kids' gardening project: make apple bird feeders - with a giveaway!

"How did I get myself into this?" A designer's first show garden

Life after Chelsea: a show garden to inspire

How to prune wisteria

Giveaway: win our Waterfall 9-litre watering can

Make a clean sweep with new RHS-endorsed garden brushes

How to: prune clematis

Postcards from Chelsea: our favourite things 2023

Roses are red… Gardening gifts for your Valentine

Perfect presents for every gardener this Christmas!

The best Christmas gifts for gardeners 2022

Father’s Day gifts for gardening dads 2022

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