Nigel Colborn

January is hardly a gardening month — it’s often too cold and too wet. But winter is a valuable time for sitting and thinking. My garden is not small and needs constant, fairly hard work. READ MORE:

This is the ideal time to plant those bare-root shrubs or trees. Get your mower serviced before the spring rush. Thanks and farewell to all my readers. READ MORE:

After saturating rains in November and December came a pre-Christmas freeze. Nigel Colborn explains how we can now make 2023 a great gardening year. UK-based gardening expert details tips such as building a compost bay

Nigel Colborn says that now may be the time to get rid of seedlings in the garden. UK-based gardening expert advises to wait for a dry spell before early March. He then recommends pulling them up while they’re small to take action

Nigel Holborn celebrates festive hollies, which he dubs a 'versatile' plant group. The UK-based gardening expert says these 'winter greats' come in a range of shapes and sizes.

Britain is still suffering from the worst epidemic of bird flu that we have seen. Nigel Colborn explains that there are things we can do to protect our birds. The UK-based garden expert advises cleaning feeders and tables regularly

Nigel Colborn details which are the sweetest fragrant winter flowers. Plants with the most evocative fragrances flower between now and February. UK-based garden expert says that on cold days these flowers banish the gloom

Snipping back hedges and shrubs now will restore their neat shapes for 2023. You can be as brutal as you like with tough hedging such as hawthorn says UK-based gardening expert Nigel Colborn

Nigel Colborn says that fallen leaves contain 'valuable plant nutrients' which are 'borrowed' from the soil. The UK-based gardening expert advises to leave foliage lying where it does no harm.

Although fruit trees have carried large crops this year they’ve suffered from heat. Nigel Colborn says that now is the time to prune your apple and pear trees.