Children have a real fascination with worms matched only by smart gardeners who know that these small creatures are really doing all the hard work.

Ground-breaking research on plants that help purify enclosed spaces such as space stations is useful in our homes and work spaces.

The demand for instant gardens means there is often little tolerance for planting small trees, but in our experience trees that are planted when they are small grow to be more robust, sound plants. 

Trees do a lot for us: they shade, screen, shelter, cool and filter pollution, give us fruit, nuts and berries and live much longer than we do. Trees are, quite simply, indispensable.

Our gardens are a deeply personal reflection of ourselves and what we love. Add plants to your garden that you love, and food you like to eat.

With our time-strapped lives, creating low-maintenance gardens just makes good sense – the plants we choose are critical in determining how labour-intensive our gardens will become.

The Food Forest is working hard but the effort is all in the design of the garden and the thriving ecology, not in human labour.