The Gardener's Year

Alan uncovers the secrets of a pretty winter garden, and without giving them all away they include evergreens, snowdrops and structure.

Alan takes us through just what is needed to keep a garden under control when the days start warming up in early spring, and the plants start having growth spurts. Featuring daffod...

It's late spring and there's tulips in full flush, evergreens moving house and the average plant growing two inches a week so long as they have the right food at the right time.

Early summer is dawning on the garden here, and it's all about the p's. Perfect growing conditions in the garden bring garden plants to their peak, there's a look at lovely patio p...

High summer is the horticultural equivalent of a firework display according to Alan, and payback time for all the hard work done in spring. The trick is to make that extravaganza l...

It's autumn now, so Alan takes a look at some of the top trees for autumn colour and how to get your garden flowering well into October. Alan also explains how our changing climate...