Mini ponds can be made from plant pots, old sinks, buckets – anything that can hold water (Credit: Heather Stuckey) When the BBC's Katherine Latham made a pond with just a plant pot, some rocks and a ...

If frost wilted and browned your tender annual flowers and vegetables, it's time to yank them. If you didn't already do it, remove the wilted brown blobs in your yard that used to be your pepper ...

A small water garden can be as simple as a bottle containing a single cutting or as complex and involved as you care to make it. But one glance into your water garden will transfix you, and before you ...

Every thrifty, Millie takes an old metal rubbish bin, and turns it into a beautiful, functional, practical pond – with a difference! A ripper idea for a small courtyard, north facing wall or a hot, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are many environmental benefits to adding a pond to your garden space, and creating a small wildlife-friendly area does not always ...

Geraniums are one of the most popular and best seasonal flowers for growing in pots on patios. Although classified as a perennial, geraniums are usually grown as annuals to be enjoyed for several ...

"It took me some time to understand my water lilies…," wrote Claude Monet. "I cultivated them with no thought of painting them… One does not fully appreciate a landscape in one day… And then, suddenly ...