Welcome to Growing – the place to get growing advice, seasonal suggestions and celebrate the joys of looking after plants. Everything you need to help you give it a grow this year!
Whether you’re nurturing tatties, cultivating herbs or sowing your first seeds in some tupperware at home, the articles, videos and photo essays we’ll be sharing over the coming months will include something for you. Pick up some pointers and find out how to get growing, learn what edible plants can be grown in small spaces, which plants prefer shade to light and how to turn a plastic bottle into a planter. Check back here often for new advice as we'll be updating our Growing section throughout the Dandelion programme. And if you want some personalised tips, why not contact our Digital Growing Team who are on hand to help you through your growing journey. Just e-mail [email protected] and ask away!
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Meet our Digital Growing Team
Get to know our Growing team who can help with tips and tricks if your plants need a little more TLC.

Potato Growing Guide
Mashed, boiled, baked or chipped – however you eat them, give them a grow this year.

Dishing the Dirt: Part 2
One part of the Dandelion project is the Big Tattie Experiment where we will be giving away 250,000 potatoes

Top Tips for Plant Care
The good news is – plants want to live! Here are a few things to consider to help them along their way, especially as they are not out in the big bad world by themselves, they’ve got you to give them some glorious TLC.

Top Tips for Brand New Growers
Whether we have a windowsill, balcony, small or large garden, we all have to learn the same basic concepts of growing when we get started.

Top Ten Plants for Windowsills
If the only growing space you have is inside your home on a windowsill, you can still have a variety of edible plants!