General UK Gardening Tips, Tasks & Advice – Ashridge Nurseries

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Funny image of a tree root person having a beer with a mycorrhizal fungi person

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Rootgrow by Empathy: RHS Approved Mycorrhizae AKA "Friendly Fungi"

Mycorrhizae fungi coexist with plant root systems in a sharing relationship underground The fungi...

Coppicing

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Pruning Jobs to do now: Coppicing

Requiring only a sharp saw or secateurs and the courage of your convictions, coppicing is a strai...

dogwood

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Garden Plants for Winter Colour

Colour from bark, leaves and some flowers will light up your winter garden

Soft Edges in Urban Garden Design

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Soft Edges in Urban Garden Design

Modern buildings and roads tend to create stark boundaries: all structure with no lifeWell-though...

Honey Fungus: The Tree Killer

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Honey Fungus: The Tree Killer

What is Honey Fungus? Honey fungus is a spreading, parasitic fungus that live yeah s on trees, w...

Two friends tidy the garden

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Tidying Up Your Borders at the End of Winter

At some point between Autumn and the end of Winter, when the flowers and foliage have died down, ...

Happy worms under woodchips

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Do Woodchips Make Soil Acidic, or Take Nitrogen from the Soil?

The short answer is no, woodchip mulch does not make soil acidic. However, if you are gardening o...

People harvest turnips in winter

October 16th 2025• Gardening

January-February Garden Tasks: Our Favourite Online Gardeners Share Their Tips

It's almost February: time to do January garden jobs!

Why John Lord's Gardening Films Are The Best

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Why John Lord's Gardening Films Are The Best

More people have taken the plunge into gardening with a floral shirt and a medium pickaxe thanks ...

mowing autumn leaves

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Mowing Your Lawn & Autumn Leaves

Autumn leaves on your lawn have to be dealt with, or they will ruin it. Likewise, your lovely sto...

Tree with money growing on it

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Free Plants Forever: Pay With Your Lives!

The garden centre industry is a wonderful one, full of great people working in it and great custo...

Epsom Salts Rose Bush

October 16th 2025• Gardening

Using Epsom Salts in the Garden

Don’t bother. Using Epsom Salts in the garden is a waste of time and money: may my grandparents (...

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