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.
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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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!
Top Ten Plants for Small Spaces
Learn how you can get growing, even if you don’t have a garden of your own...
In Season
In Season is our new guide to what to sow, grow and harvest month by month. If you’ve ever wondered when you can safely plant seedlings outside...