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Gardening tasks in spring

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Gardening tasks in spring

A house, a child, and a tree are the three major life goals. Planting a tree is the easiest one to achieve. We'll explain how.

Garden Knowledge

Planting a tree and creating a tree pit

Some trees, such as the Japanese maple, can be grown in containers. The limited space for the roots ensures the plant doesn’t grow too quickly. This is ideal for preventing cramped conditions on a balcony or terrace.

Garden Knowledge

The 12 best trees for small gardens

Here, the wall behind the outdoor kitchen was utilised – perfect for herbs that can be picked and used immediately.

Garden Knowledge

Vertical Farming

The perfect garden for insects? It should be a little wild and not too tidy so they can find food and shelter.

Garden Knowledge

Insect-friendly garden

Using a hose with a spray nozzle makes watering convenient. Aim it at the roots of the plants so the water reaches exactly where it’s needed.

Garden Knowledge

Saving water in the garden

Living wall with planted tubes: sedum (stonecrop), sempervivum (houseleek, roof houseleek), Sagina (pearlwort), thyme (Thymus), and Acaena inermis 'Purpurea' (purple New Zealand burr).

Garden Knowledge

Vertical gardening

A vegetable bed in the smallest of spaces: The trellis allows you to make use of vertical space as well.

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Square foot gardening: gardening in squares

The more robust your plants, the less frequently you’ll need to water them. If you’d like to use collected rainwater, the GardenPump makes it easy to pump and water your plants conveniently with a garden hose or irrigation system.

DIY Knowledge

Defying climate change with climate-resilient plants

It’s all about perspective! These so-called weeds are edible wild herbs that can add a delightful savoury flavour to salads and sauces.

Garden Knowledge

Wild herbs and weeds

Growing and propagating plants

Garden Knowledge

Growing and propagating plants

Ornamental grasses are attractive plants in the garden. They are available in various colors and shapes.

Garden, Balcony & Terrace

Ornamental grasses

Peat-free substrates are much more environmentally friendly and make the garden bloom just as well as those containing peat.

Garden Knowledge

Gardening without peat

A man cleaning a window

Garden Knowledge

Cleaning Windows: Here’s How to Get Streak Free Windows in Next to No Time

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Which plant is best for my balcony?

A self-sufficient garden, like this one with a variety of plant species, offers the perfect opportunity to grow your vegetables independently.

Garden Knowledge

Self-sufficient garden – harvest and enjoy all year round

Build your own cold frame: A planted cold frame made of wood stands on a gravel bed in front of a house wall

Garden Knowledge

Building your own cold frame: the ultimate DIY guide

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Creating, caring for and harvesting a vegetable garden

A fully-fledged herb garden is hanging over a balcony railing.

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Set up a herb garden on your balcony

A shady garden is the ideal habitat for shrubs, ferns, and flowering perennials.

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Plants for the shady garden

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Planting, caring for and propagating succulents

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Fruit and vegetables for shady spaces

Creating a flower bed: well-kept garden with curved, colourfully planted flower beds

Garden Knowledge

Creating a flower bed: Location, planning & plant selection

When lavender is planted in large areas, easy pruning is essential. With the Isio shrub and grass shears from Bosch, you can quickly, easily, and precisely shape your lavender bushes.

Garden Knowledge

Properly pruning and propagating lavender

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Bee-friendly balcony flowers: How to support insects

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Rescuing frostbitten hydrangeas: How it's done

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Regrowing – allowing leftover vegetables to grow back

Pricking out tomatoes correctly will give you strong plants and a juicy harvest.

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Pricking out tomatoes: Here's how to do it right

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Planting strawberries: here is the proper way to do it

Bamboo can be readily propagated in your garden, but it needs a rhizome barrier.

DIY Knowledge

Propagating bamboo and installing rhizome barriers

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Building your own tomato house: read how to do it here

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Near-natural gardening and encouraging beneficial insects

Multiple fruit-bearing apple trees in a field

Garden Knowledge

Pruning apple trees: why, how and when

Various plant pots with blossoming and evergreen plants are lined up against the stonewall of a house.

Garden Knowledge

Planting plant pots: the right way

A smiling young woman with long, dark hair wearing a checked shirt stands in a garden with her arms crossed, holding clippings of branches and a pair of pruning shears in her hands

Garden Knowledge

Pruning: how and when to prune trees and bushes correctly

Garden chipper in the garden

Garden Knowledge

10 Garden Chipper Tips

Perennials in the garden

Garden Knowledge

Planting, Pruning and Maintaining Perennials

Pruning climbing roses

Garden Knowledge

The Correct Way to Prune Climbing Roses

A small child is watering the lawn with a pink watering can. Her mother is standing further back and is also watering the lawn.

Garden Knowledge

Design your own family garden: relaxation, playtime and fun

A natural pond in a garden setting, surrounded by evergreen plants.

Garden Knowledge

Installing a garden pond: Creating the perfect water feature for your garden

Garden Knowledge

Tutorial: How to trim your hedges

Goldfish are swimming around a blossoming water lily in a garden pond.

Garden Knowledge

Garden ponds – mini ecosystems with diverse fauna and flora

Three clay pots with small olive trees are standing in a row.

Garden Knowledge

Planting an olive tree: here’s how

A small pineapple plant grows in front of a wooden wall.

Garden Knowledge

Planting pineapple: here’s how

Three glasses are standing on a table with small avocado plants growing in them.

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Planting avocado: here’s how

A garden filled with different-coloured rose bushes in full bloom

Garden Knowledge

Pruning roses – how to do it right, no matter what type of rose

Two cupped hands are filled with soil.

Garden Knowledge

Compost – everything you need to know about the elixir of the gardening world

Wooden garden furniture on a patio: it’s particularly important to give wood some TLC after the winter.

DIY Knowledge

Spring cleaning outdoors: how to spruce up your decking, patio or balcony after winter

Man and woman planning their garden with raised beds

Garden Knowledge

How do I create a garden? Seven steps to becoming a gardening pro.

A wooden lounger is being sanded down using a multi-sander.

Garden Knowledge

How to sand and oil garden furniture properly

Wooden patio with furniture

Garden Knowledge

Proper Cleaning and Maintenance for a Wooden Patio

A wooden compost bin is filled with leaves and wood chips.

Garden Knowledge

Building your own compost bin – it’s easy!