Sooner or later all gardeners realise that there is nothing new under the sun. Every trendy planting style, technique and design element is just a reinterpretation of what has gone before. The 26th ...

This month and next are prime times for sharpening your secateurs, since most fruit bushes and trees need pruning in summer for a better harvest the following year, and deciduous hedges must be ...

Pleaching is an artistic tree-pruning technique that is put to good use in Europe, especially in France and Holland, but not at all here in Vancouver. Why not? It’s a fabulous way of creating a ...

Pleaching is a technique you see a lot in Europe, especially in France, but you hardly see at all here in Vancouver. Why? It is a fabulous way of creating a privacy screen without growing hedges 30 ...