Gardening

Muddy ‘Lockdown Gardens in Bloom’ is GO!

Calling all green fingered goddesses! We want to see your lockdown gardening handiwork. Snap your space and post it on Instagram for the chance to win vouchers (there's £1000 up for grabs) to spend online at gorgeous garden and homewares boutique Olive & Sage.
Pimp your patio with these 18 outdoor buys

We’re swapping holidays abroad for le jardín this summer, so best make it the ultimate destination. Cue the Muddy shopping edit of the coolest accessories to deck out your outdoor space.
Where to buy plants online and still support local

Garden centres are due to open tomorrow - but how many will feel brave enough to browse? If online still feels safer, you can still support local with our pick of the best delivery services.
18 divine deck chairs and sun loungers

Pour a pina colada and assume prone position! Into the sun you go with our edit of the most stylish garden seating.
10 of the best gardening books

Fancy getting all green fingered in the garden but don't really know where to start? Here's a helping hand with 10 terrific tomes to add to your reading list.
10 idiot-proof veg to grow now

(Or how not to get scurvy during lockdown). Here's how to go self-sufficient, thanks to TV gardener Toby Buckland's top veg patch tips. Ready the trowels!
8 flowers to choose for a cutting garden

Dibbers at the ready! Garden broadcaster Toby Buckland picks a pocketful of posies that anyone - yes, even you with the dead house plants - can grow.
Feb gardening tips

No idea whether to mulch, prune or - goddamnit - both?! Here are the top things to do in your garden in February to get it in shape for spring.
Muddy meets… The Oxfordshire Gardener

What would you ask an award-winning garden designer? What hand cream he uses, if his own garden ever looks rubbish and who's his favourite green-fingered celeb, obviously!
Trim and bouff your garden!

Hey you, sparko on your sunlounger! Your garden needs a tidy up. Here's where to focus your green-fingered efforts this coming month. (Or even better, stay lounging and get someone in to do it for you!)
5 ways to pimp your garden

The Muddy jardin is a sorry state right now after a winter of neglect. Sound familiar? I tapped up a green-fingered expert for some landscaping and planting advice.
14 outdoor essentials

Venturing out into your garden for the first time this year? Here's all the cool cooking and homeware kit you need to jazz it up for summer. BBQ round mine, everyone!
Birdy meets Banksy

Watch the birdie! We adore these brand new garden artworks from Metalbird. Read on for a Muddy exclusive - plus your chance to win one of five.
Budget buys

Everyone loves my groovy new '60s-style garden chairs. Are they Heal's or Philippe Starck? Are they heck! But can you guess where I found 'em?
Reinvent your garden

Jardin looking a bit 'meh'? Time to think big! Don't be scared - we'll show you how to Grand Designs your outside space like a pro.