Garden Blog

The mainstay of British cooking, we've put together a guide for all the aspiring potato growers out there.

Late winter is the ideal time for pruning your rose bushes. Whether they're established plants or newly planted, our flower farmer has her tried and tested methods to share.

Online courses coming soon! Spring flowers are rearing their heads as they prepare for hedge and rose planting in the walled garden.

A guide for novices to the pinching out technique and tips on the most common uses - Tomatoes, Dahlias, Basil.

Winter is a great time for gardeners to prepare their gardens for the new growing season. Building and installing raised beds is a great way to make better use of space and give you more growing options.

It's the season of maintenance, and the Walled Garden at Ketteringham Hall has plenty in need of maintaining.

From Gill Meller's bestselling cookbook, Time, a delicious winter treat with purple sprouting broccoli at its best harvested in late winter.

Dealing with flowers - pruning established plants and ordering seeds for the coming season.

A hopeful act of Sweet Pea sowing to start off your growing season.

Tips and ideas to get more variety while reducing waste in your garden. Hundreds of courgettes? Seedlings resigned to the compost heap? No more!

The school is closed for now, so while we wait for the classroom to re-open, Ruth shares some knowledge about the John Innes Centre, now based local to us in Norwich, and their compost formulations.

It's never too soon to start planning your growing, and with a greenhouse at your disposal, you can start sowing your chillies as early as February.