Welcome to The Allotment Garden – Your Guide to Organic Gardening!
Discover the joy of organic gardening with The Allotment Garden, your trusted UK resource for growing fresh, sustainable produce. Whether you’re an experienced allotment gardener or just beginning your eco-friendly journey, we’re here to support you with expert tips, practical advice, and sustainable gardening solutions. From organic and sustainable gardening techniques to allotment management, our community is dedicated to helping your garden flourish naturally.
Storing Gladioli Bulbs Overwinter – How To Protect Them Now!
Preserve your gladioli varieties season after season with expert tips on storing gladioli overwinter in a frost-free environment.
When to prune Weigela for more flowers
Advice on Weigela Pruning. How to get this foxglove-like shrub flowering every year. When to prune Weigela for better blooms.
Potato Blight: Organic control methods
Organic methods for avoiding the dreaded potato blight which will turn your potatoes into a black mush unless quick treatment.
Mildew resistant Courgettes varieties
Courgette can take a real hammering from powdery mildew. Here are a few resistant varieties and methods for minimising infection.
How to Make Hypertufa Planters & Troughs
Making your own hypertufa pots and stone effect trough couldn’t be easier. The effects are truly stunning and very cheap to construct.
Cottage Garden – Plant guide
Get the most out of your outdoor space and cram in your favourite flowering plants to create your own cottage garden.
Growing Runner Beans – Growing in Pots, Harvesting & More!
An organic guide for growing runner beans in any size garden. How to get the most out of your crop and recommended bean varieties.
Looking after your Passion Flower
A quick guide to growing, pruning and feeding Passiflora caerulea. An introduction to other varieties of the Passion Flower
Growing mushrooms from log dowels kits
There are so many dowel kits to choose from – buying exotic mushrooms can be expensive, but it’s easy to grow them from your own back garden in logs.
Flowers for a dry garden
Growing flowers in a dry garden can be a real challenge. Here is a list of drought resistant flowering plants.
Fruiting Cherry trees
A quick guide to fruiting cherry tree varieties to grow in your garden
Growing hardy figs in the UK: A Guide to Hardy Varieties & Expert Tips
Here in the UK, Fig trees can survive temperatures as low as -10C, produce bountiful crops of highly nutritious fruit and look great as a focal point in any sized garden.