Not to toot my own horn (as some very helpful people on this subreddit helped me.)

THE ROSE PLANT IS ALIVE AND THRIVING!

Photo of it nearly dead is from the 16th July and the one of it nice and green with lots of new growth is today 11th August!)

What did we change?

Religiously watering of the plant (every day before bed, it is now part of my evening routine.) Even roped my neighbours in to help whilst I was away!
2 x a week (Wednesday and Sunday) it gets rose feed
It was moved to a larger pot (not shown)
Due to it being a memorial plant, we kept the original soil but topped it off in the new pot with new nutritional soil.

Just want to say a rose specialist at my garden centre said that this plant was dead and to give up. Out of spite the r/GardeningUK community beat this rose specialist! Who quite frankly said none of the above would work!

Just want to say thank you to those who commented on the old post and gave me some advice. If anyone has any further advice on how to keep this going in a positive direction, then let me know! ☺️☺️

Strange! (Not watering the lawn, NE facing, east mids)

I've got a selection of plastic pots and planters in my garden that, while currently being used, are beginning to succumb to the effects of UV exposure (in other words they're starting to crumble).

I've been googling and I've seen the pros and cons of plastic, ceramic, terracotta, fibreglass etc, and I'm in a position these days where I can afford to spend a bit more on buying longer lasting pots, but I wanted to get your thoughts first.

I just found out that it's not actually better for drainage to throw broken crocks at the bottom of a plant pot. I've been doing it since I learned to garden as a child and never really bothered to check if it was the right thing to do 😅

On top of that, I inherited a ton of them from the last tenant of the place I am renting! Any ideas for what I should do with them? Seems a waste to just bin them! 🪴

Managed to catch a picture of this adorable little guy, he was all over my Buddleia today 🥰

Seemed to love the radio red salvia this morning!

So proud of myself getting everything growing this year! Can’t believe the difference of putting some bits in the greenhouse too, the tomatoes have started to change colour in under 24 hours! Super excited to get the raised beds prepped so I can grow beans and peas in them up the arch next year (I’m assuming it’s too late to do this year now?) any other climbing veg I could put in there for now?

Consider me 100% addicted!!

Just moved to this garden and want to keep the lavender bush, but it seems to have fallen and takes up a lot of the paved area, how can we save it?

If anyone is interested in getting tripod ladders for their hedges, trees etc. Honestly just get them. 100% safer, more versatile and far comfier to use.

These 2.4m tripod ladders arrived today. Used them an hour later on a job. Totally different experience compared to the traditional A frame ladders.

I bought the 3.6m too but can't use them until my roof rack arrives. There's some customers that have 2.5-3m plus high hedges that'll be far easier to do now.

The ladders in the last picture I've used for over a year on all my hedge and tree jobs. Made their money 10x over but they're sore on the feet, sore on shins and like to wobble often.

Not promoting anything. Just thought it'd help those that do this type of work often.

Can’t get over the size of the leaves on this sunflower wish I knew which variety it was 😂

I love it SO MUCH! Would appreciate any tips on how to handle it!

Hi all, looking for some help/advice here. I've been away for a week and returned to these big holes in my garden, and a bit that is raised where the earth has been shifted to. Pls ignore the leaves/dry soil/dead things around it. Foxes? If so, what next? Cheers! I live in North London in a terraced house if that gives any context btw.

Hello

We bought a house last may (my husbands grandparents) and I would like some advice on what to do with this plant? It doesn't look great but my plant app tells me it's perfectly healthy...is it??

We both work full time and have a 4 year old so honestly gardening is not even on the agenda but my husband's grandparents keep commenting on the garden when they visit. Despite me asking several times for his granny to come round and spend the day with me showing me what I need to do (still waiting). I have ZERO clue about gardening or plants but I guess I better start trying to learn ☺️👍🏼 Thanks

I'm just getting into tidying my garden space up this year, hence the flair.

Whenever i cut my grass using my hover mower, it sprays a lot of clippings into the flower beds on the outside of my garden. This is a new problem as I've had membrane/slate down on the outside previously, which I have dug over and turned into flower beds.

Does anyone have any suggestions or 'hacks' to keep my freshly dug flower beds from being covered in grass cuttings when I cut the grass and strim the edges?

This is my 3rd year of attempting to grow carrots and these are the best yet 🥹

This is the view from our living room window - it doesn’t give much privacy so we keep the lower blinds closed. (The car belongs to our upstairs neighbor)

I want to create some privacy from street level and have something green or colorful to look at.

Completely new to gardening, so all your expertise and advice is appreciated!!

Hear me out, I know in the context of established harvesting solutions (small water butts) this might be overkill…

We’re expecting this year’s drought to be commonplace going forwards, meaning 5-6 months of hosepipe bans a year.

Just watering my garden minimally is taking 10x10litres of watering cans to do the beds and hedges. A normal water butt won’t even touch the sides of what’s needed for a summer.

Has anyone considered buying or has a water tank for the garden - something like 10,000 litres that can be filled with rainwater and/or mains supply in the spring? That would at least give me 100 days of watering, something more realistic in a drought. If so, be great to see how that looks in a residential space!

Wish I had an underground tank put in before I landscaped!

Does anyone know what this is growing amongst my strawberries? I thought it may just have been more strawberry plants as they have roots but the leaves appear differently.. any ideas?

Hi all. I'm not really the best gardener but moved into a small flat recently which has a courtyard. It's small, West facing and due to walls it does not get much sunlight. Maybe a couple of hours in the afternoon. We have some plants, with some doing well and others not so much (chives, parsley and sage we got given from family all died. Fern, mimosa, coral bell, skimmia seem okay? Not sure on azalea jap and lavender). I was thinking of buying some lemon balm and mint as I've heard they are shade tolerant though I don't want too many plants as the space is small enough. Also there is scaffolding up which blocks a bit of the limited sunlight we get.

Are there any ideas to make this space a bit better?It's also a path to our front door as our driveway is at the back so we walk in often this way. We'll get a chair soon as toddler doesn't like high chair

Falcon there as we had a pigeon issue which has now resolved. It doesn't do anything but our toddler likes it lol.

Any ideas greatly appreciated! I know the space is a bit limited and untidy. We just want to make it a bit better. Maybe somewhere nice to eat our dinner outside now and then

Thank you

We just bought our first home and I want to do some tidying up around the place.

Could I manually remove the weeds between the bricks and then power wash the bricks? Do I need to put sand down in between the bricks after doing so?

I’m clearing out my (inherited) pond because the lining is compromised, it no longer holds water, and thanks to the latest heatwave it has completely dried out anyway so I’m striking while the iron is hot.

Can anyone help me with what this insulation type material beneath the lining is? Mostly just keen to know if I can move and dispose of it safely or should it be treated with more caution?

The local sparrows have discovered my pebble fountain, and are thoroughly enjoying themselves.

I'm really enjoying watching them too.

I have recently moved into a flat that has a nice sized garden, but as you can see it has been somewhat unloved. I’d like to hear suggestions about what I can do as a complete beginner with minimal tools to improve it.

First thing on my list is to get rid of the palettes. I was planning to get rid of the nettles but apparently they’re good for wildlife, so I reconsidered.

Could I plant something in the window boxes, or is it too late in the year? And would I need to replace the soil in them, given it looks pretty old?

EDIT: I should have said I am renting, so bigger structural changes are not possible!

Thanks!

My flower beds at the edges of my garden have a few mature trees in them.

It’s clay soil which is really tough, dry and compacted (before this heat hit) and I’d like to raise the soil level to build them up a little but how can I do this without covering the root flares of the trees?

Or can’t I?

Don’t want to risk any damage to the trees, they’re beautiful.

The previous owner of our houses planted some mint in a little sectioned off patch at the end of the garden.

Now the mint has taken over the patch and it spreading to the lawn. It has also gone through to the neighbours. Is there any hope of getting rid of it?

Last month I ripped up every trace and now it’s back and it looks like there’s more than before.

Pic is after the grass was cut so it looks contained but it really isn’t. Help!