Hedges are one of the garden’s most environmentally-friendly parts and have a place in anyone’s patch. I’ll look at more traditional ...

Privet continued to be used after 1945, but gradually front gardens became more open, with some builders putting restrictions on purchasers that the front gardens were not to be fenced. Most of the ...

Keen gardeners have said Gtech's long-reach trimmer is 'practical', 'easy to use' and cuts through hedges 'like a knife ...

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A small shady backyard doesn’t mean you can’t have a beautiful garden. Here are small evergreen plants for shade: use them to ...

or to plant up in containers for the porch. It also works as a boundary if you choose taller varieties. You can find a variety of different privet hedges available at Fast Growing Trees.

CLEANING your garden fence might not be at the top of your to do list, but if it’s left too long it can end up growing mould. Removing the mould can be an even bigger chore, but don’t ...

Variegated privet is commonly used ... We can amend small amounts of topsoil for diminutive shrubs, groundcovers, annuals, and perennials, but when we plant large shade trees that require acidic ...

George Orwell’s Coming Up For Air, featuring 1930s Ealing, describes a suburban scene of garden after garden of privet hedges and lawns. In garden terms, it hasn’t changed much around here since then, ...

CARVING out a slice of personal space has never been more important. Especially when it comes to enjoying nature in the ...