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3 weeks ago | 
countrylife.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh
With their squeaky, succulent leaves, it’s no wonder hostas are seen as five-star hotels by slugs and snails. In a damp spring, the marauding molluscs await their moment, honing to perfection their rasping mouthparts so that they can make unbelievable inroads during the space of a single soggy evening. This year, we had a dry start to spring and many hostas managed that crucial spearing of the soil with their tightly scrolled leaves unfurling in pristine condition.
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1 month ago | 
thetimes.com | Alan Titchmarsh
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2 months ago | 
countrylife.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh
Last week’s celebrations got me thinking how Easter is a special time in the garden, regardless of one’s religious affiliations. Nowhere is the power of resurrection felt more acutely than on a patch of earth where new shoots shrug off their winter dormancy and burst into life. The sap rises in humans, as well as in plants, and even those who garden only seasonally — from April to September — are overtaken by that feeling of sublime restlessness.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
countrylife.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh
A monk I used to know — tall, slender, bearded and bespectacled with a fine line in asceticism — used to refer frequently to what he called ‘the postponement of gratification’. Being a monk it was, I suppose, understandable. He led a life devoted to prayer — the gratification being that offered when he was called to Heaven. As a gardener, I could sympathise. I am, after all, planting things that take time to mature.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
countrylife.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh yields to no-one in his striving for garden perfectionism — and he's helped in his task by a cunning strategy that helps him avoid weeding almost completely. There are those who consider tidiness an affliction. A disease, even.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
countrylife.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh
Silence is golden — and more readily accessible at this time of year than any other, says Alan Titchmarsh.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
mirror.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh |Graeme Murray
Green-fingered guru Alan Titchmarsh has urged gardeners to complete three tasks urgently. His winter gardening musts are a part of a weekly to-do list which must be done this month and in the run-up to the festive season. The winter brings many tasks to take care of to ensure gardens look their best come spring. And Alan says budded stems need to be cut and winter blooms capitalised as the nights continue to get darker and colder.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
mirror.co.uk | Sean McPolin |Alan Titchmarsh
TV gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh has told those getting their tree decorations up to follow his important advice. Scores of people around the UK will have already got in the mood for Christmas and plastered their home with decorations and put up their real or fake tree. But Mr Titchmarsh, who has been on our screens for decades, has exclusively revealed to the Mirror what you need to do when putting lights outside of the house.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
mirror.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh |Graeme Murray
Garden aficionado Alan Titchmarsh has given his top tips for a 'perfect' real Christmas tree - and it won't shed needles. The expert advised people to purchase a 'living Christmas tree' and advised about picking up a pre-cut tree. He says the best variety to purchase is a Blue Spruce which may mean you have to pay a bit more, but they won't leave you with a pile of needles on the floor. He recommends a tree which has not been cut already to enable it to be repotted after Christmas is over.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
mirror.co.uk | Alan Titchmarsh |Graeme Murray
Gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh has highlighted a 'genius' hack to make your Christmas Tree last longer. He says trees can last longer if they are treated with a spray which combats the loss of needles, which so many of us hate clearing up at the end of the festive season. But he also gave another top tip for real Christmas tree owners which involves sawing off the bottom of the tree and using a stand that has a reservoir of water at the bottom.
