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The gardening year starts here

Wildflower meadow

Wild about wildflowers

Pick up a free pack of annual wildflower seeds including corn poppies and corn marigolds, to brighten up your local area when you join the exciting 2012 Britain in Bloom campaign.

Helleborus

Welcome winter wonders

Introduce hellebores into your garden as easy-care perennials whose diversity of flowers and leaves offer colour and intrigue in the depth of winter.

Harvesting Brussels sprouts

Get busy on the plot

Get into the vegetable garden on a fresh, crisp winter's day and prepare the site and soil for a busy and rewarding year of sowing, planting and bountiful harvests.

This month

Top 3 jobs to do

  1. Check ties and stakes on newly planted trees for weather damage.

  2. Watch out for waterlogging on lawns if the weather gets wetter.

  3. Continue to feed birds during winter.

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Butterflies in the Glasshouse

Bejewelled butterflies 

Jan14–31

Come and visit the myriad colourful Butterflies In The Glasshouse this winter, among the evocative backdrop of tropical plants.

Art at RHS Garden Harlow Carr

Create art at Harlow Carr

Feb11–19

Hunt out natural materials  to turn into pieces of art as one of our fun half term activities this February at RHS Garden Harlow Carr .

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Tits feeding. Garden World Images

Snowdrop masterclass

Check out our snowdrops Q and A session with head gardener Matt Bishop and get the best results from these winter favourites.

Orchid show

RHS London Shows

Be inspired by dazzling plants and displays, and receive invaluable gardening advice at RHS London Flower Shows.

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