Garden maintenance

Back gardens

From frazzled to fabulous: bring your garden back to life with expert advice

With a summer of relentless heat and lack of rainfall, many gardens across the UK are looking worse for wear. Many Brits have been left with brown, straw-like lawns, dry, cracked soil, and dying plants, but early autumn is actually a great time to repair.

With this in mind, MyBuilder.com , the reliable way to hire tradespeople, has compiled a list of simple ways to restore your...

Back Gardens

Your Ultimate Garden Care Guide For Autumn and Winter

With one of the hottest summers on record finally coming to a close, it’s finally time to start preparing for the colder months of the year. As autumn ushers in a period of falling leaves, wetter soil, and shorter days – not to mention colder temperatures – it’s now officially time to start pruning, tidying, and protecting our most delicate plants to ensure that your garden is poised to...

Plant clippings

Green gold: The free hack that improves plants - and saves time!

After a prolonged period of hot weather in July, many of our plants are starting to die back for Autumn. So for millions of Brits across the country, it’s time to reach for the clippers.This can seem like a laborious task as we collect waste and dispose of it, but now, an expert is advising gardeners to use this one simple trick to save time, and money.

An expert gardener from...

Lawn care

Expert’s guide to fixing a waterlogged lawn after heavy rainfall

The British weather has been relentlessly miserable in 2026, with the UK already reaching nearly 90 per cent of its average winter rainfall so far this year.

Heavy rainfall is a disaster for our outdoor spaces, with nearly a fifth (17 per cent) of Brits having their lawns completely ruined by the endless rain. A waterlogged lawn can lead to deep, wet patches, a sudden surge of slugs...