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Sunday 12 May marks Garden Day, a day to down your tools, pick up your parasols, and take some time to enjoy your garden. Here are some ideas from the team at Home Solutions at John Lewis - your one-stop site for tradespeople to help you with your home and garden.

The orchid is a stalwart indoor plant adorning windowsills and shelves across the globe. With the right care, they can give a prolific, delightful, long-lasting flower display.

The experts at Westland, sponsors of the Pyramid Stage at BBC Gardeners’ World Live, share their tips on caring for your orchid.

How and when to water your houseplants is critical to keeping them in tip-top condition.

You’ll be able to get expert advice on the topic from Matt Biggs on the Pyramid Stage, in conjunction with stage sponsors Westland. But if you can’t wait until June, the Westland experts have shared the essentials of water care

From Air plants to Zantedeschia, there’s a houseplant out there for you! But how to choose? Think about your space…is it hot, cool, bright, dark, or damp. Do you want structure, trailing tendrils, colour or flamboyance?

With a visit to BBC Gardeners’ World Live, you’ll be able to speak with some of the most knowledgeable people in the country. Talk to the growers themselves, or speak with The Plant Experts at their Advice Desk in the Floral Marquee, to discover and buy the plants that are perfect for you and your home.

Rocket is a great windowsill veg all year round. One of the most effective ways to grow rocket indoors is as a microgreen, as the young leaves are speedy to sprout, space-savvy and highly nutritious. 

We've paired expert tips for growing rocket as a microgreen with a recipe by Dr Rupy Aujla (The Doctor's Kitchen) which he demonstrated live on stage at the BBC Good Food Show Summer 2018. (Remember, all tickets to BBC Gardeners' World Live include entry to this tasty show!)

The Woodland Trust knows pretty much everything that there is to know about trees. Their experts will share top tips at their Tree Surgery at the Show this year.

As part of this, the Woodland Trust experts are shining the spotlight on one of their most loved trees - the damson.

An all-too-often overlooked tree, the damson could be the perfect addition to your garden, big or small!

BBC Gardeners’ World is back on BBC Two, which means the gardening season is well and truly underway! It’s wonderful to have Monty Don, Carol Klein, Adam Frost and the team on our screens and it's even more wonderful to know that they’ll be sharing gardening advice live at the show in June.

As Monty mentioned on Friday’s TV programme, the climate this spring is anything but predictable. So here at BBC Gardeners’ World Live we’ll inspire you whatever the weather. Read on to uncover our Mothers’ Day Gift List, why Garvinea ‘Sweet Sunset’ is our plant of the month and much more.

Mother's Day is a chance to celebrate Motherhood, and the tradition to bestow them with flowers and plants on their special day never diminishes.

With so much choice, as ever, we've decided to give you a helping hand to find some fantastic gifts, all from exhibitors who you'll find at the Show in June.

This time last year we were on the brink of the Beast From the East, but 2019 couldn’t feel more different. Though we don’t want to speak too soon, it won’t be long before we’re enjoying homegrown crops like rhubarb and starting spring veg sowings.

At BBC Gardeners’ World Live, spring is a time for announcements. We’re thrilled to reveal that multi award-winning Professor David Stevens is designer of the two Young Landscaper of the Year Competition Show Gardens and the Young Landscaper teams have been announced.

Don't beat around the rose bush - get a great gift for the gardener in your life this Valentine's Day!

Tickets to BBC Gardeners' World Live make a great gift, as well as there being a host of incredible ideas to be found in our exhibitors.

You can say it with so much more than flowers this year - read on for the ultimate ideas to give the hands-on gardener this Valentine's Day...

Houseplants continue to take the country by storm, one shelf at a time - and they're no longer just for a shelf! Indoor plants add to the look and feel of your home, and are packed with health and well-being benefits, thanks to their detox properties of air purification and oxygen production.

The Floral Marquee and Plant Village at BBC Gardeners’ World Live are awash with plants, and you'll find an array of award-winning nurseries with specimens you'll not be able to resist adding to your indoor collection

January is a month full of hope, optimism and the promise of change. In a world full of distractions, it’s a relief to find that the world of gardening remains solid and as practical as ever, with emerging and growing trends that make the genre ever more inclusive, relevant and exciting.

It’s with pleasure that we announce the trends that we see emerging in 2019 for hands-on and practical gardeners around the country.