Hornets have quite the reputation, but Kate Bradbury explains why the European hornet is much less agressive than common and German wasps and how you should help them in your garden ...

Welcome to the Winter series of the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast – packed with friendly and informative conversations with some of the UK’s favourite gardening experts. You'll find advice on ...

With the wide and exciting range of gardening products out there, it can be difficult to think of the best gardening gift ideas for Christmas or any other special occasion. We’ve done the hard work ...

In the autumn months, it’s glorious to see the leaves turn from green through to golden brown, but once they start to fall and cover our gardens, it’s a different matter. While those leaves that ...

As Christmas approaches, you’re probably already thinking about stocking up on food and drink for every festive occasion – and Abel & Cole is here to help with that. It’s offering you a chance to win ...

House plants are definitely in vogue right now, thanks in part to the popularity of stylish ‘shelfie’ images on Instagram. There are many benefits to growing house plants: they make a room feel more ...

Let Princess Cruises make this year special and allow you and your loved ones to embark on a journey to some of the most beautiful gardens on the planet After a year where many of us couldn’t travel ...

The staghorn fern (Platycerium bifurcatum) is an exotic plant in the Polypodiaceae family. Native to the rainforests of Australia and Southeast Asia, it's an epiphytic plant, so grows directly on ...

In the UK there are around 270 species of bee. One of these is the honeybee and 24 are bumblebees. These are known as social bees because they live in a colony comprising a queen, who lays all the ...

This year’s Gardens of the Year Competition inspired hundreds of you to enter your gardens, from which we chose six exciting finalists, showcasing a range of gardens from small urban plots to larger ...

Mushrooms or toadstools are the fruiting bodies of fungi. Fungi live below ground in the soil but every so often (usually in late summer and autumn) they throw up their fruiting bodies in order to ...