You have just a few days to enjoy the beautiful, yellow, fragrant Peruvian daffodil. It isn't common in cultivation, and this is the best I have ever seen this rarity flower, so I extend my congratulations to the team in Glass. Matt Pottage explains: "The Paramongaia is known as the Peruvian... Read more..

The 2nd Worcester Brownies have grown some amazing sunflowers for the Girlguiding UK Hampton Court Garden. The Brownies planted the seeds and they were all looked after in one place, with weekly photos taken to Brownie meetings so the girls could see their progress. The sunflowers are now 165cm tall... Read more..

Girlguiding UK invited Units across the country to grow a container of flowers for the Hampton Court Flower Show. The girls had to come up with ideas and the more unusual the container the better. The 3rd and 4th Newport Pagnell Brownies wanted something really unusual to plant their flowers in, and... Read more..

Anna from 6th Teddington Guides' sunflower growing story: Volunteers were needed to grow sunflowers which might be good enough to go to the Hampton Court Flower Show. Mum said we could volunteer as we plant lots of seeds anyway. We took the seeds away with us during the Easter Holidays and planted... Read more..

The 32nd All Saints Kettering Rainbows delivered their flower display to Hampton Court - it survived the rough ride very well in the van! All the Rainbows were really delighted to be having a day off school to go and visit the flower show. There are 3 flower colours: blue for Guides, yellow for Brownies... Read more..

Autumnal hints are just starting to appear, but as the weather is hovering between summer and autumn there is an awful lot of colour to find in the garden. Wisley is still in full bloom, with a wonderful fragrance from the Rose Garden, where there are still plenty of blooms ready to come out, and the... Read more..

Here you can see my summer squash (patty pan 'Sunburst) trained up a bamboo 'tee-pee' structure together with runner bean 'Saint George'. The runners won the race to the top (no surprise there) but the squash are making a sure and steady progress. I first became aware of vertically... Read more..

Fancy learning some Norwegian? Here's a great expression for you... 'TING TAR TID' (tid - pronounced 'tee') Remember those tiny seedlings and all that bare earth? I was fortunate to spend 7 days away working at the Chelsea Flower Show and when I came back the whole thing had just... Read more..

... or the greys, in this weather. It is winter, after all, but this is an exciting time of year. Some of the most amazing plants do their thing in January and February - and they're anything but dull, unlike the skies! This week, if it's raining, then apart from visiting the incredible Butterflies... Read more..