Companion planting is a subject which has always interested me since I first started gardening in an allotment. Whether you plant onions with carrots to prevent carrot fly or nasturtiums with courgettes to encourage pollination, it makes far more sense to plant in a natural way than to use chemicals and other unnatural deterrents to ensure your crops thrive.

When it gets to late Autumn in Scotland the cold temperatures dip and start to bother me, but never enough to put me off gardening.

The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, or the ‘Caley’ as it’s better known these days, was set up in 1809 as a platform for gardeners, horticulturalists and plant enthusiasts to share learning and best practice throughout Scotland.

Tomorrow marks the start of Gardening Scotland 2017– the nation’s biggest and most established garden and outdoor living festival – taking place at the Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston until Sunday 4th June.

If you’ve decided you want to add a hedge to your garden but you’re not sure where to start, I have the answer for you.

The organisers of Gardening Scotland – the country’s national outdoor living show and garden festival – have launched a brand-new, nation-wide competition to find Scotland’s best gardener.

Since we moved to our new home in December 2015 I’ve been keeping a watchful eye on the garden.

I’ve been terribly neglectful of The Bonnie Gardener blog over the past couple of months, but I would like to assure you that that doesn’t mean I am not gardening or thinking about gardening. Quite the contrary, in fact…

Most gardens have space for an acer of two. These beautiful maple trees come in a huge number of varieties and offer interest in many ways, whether that’s attractive bark, delicate leaves or fantastic deep red autumn colour.

If you love the idea of sitting out in the garden with dinner and a glass of wine, but hate the thought of having to do any gardening, then read on.

One of the most common questions I get asked is how to make a garden more colourful and interesting. I personally think that regardless of budget or the amount of time you have to redesign your garden, one of the best ways to add beauty is through your flower beds.

How Queen Victoria and Prince Albert used the symbolism of flowers to express their love for each other and their families is one the many themes explored in a new art exhibition on display at The Queen’s Gallery in Edinburgh…

One of the jobs I was asked to do when gardening this week was to find clumps of Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) in a lochside garden and pull it out of the ground before the flowers went to seed.

Summer is the perfect time for a spot of outdoor entertaining. While July may have been a bit of a wash out, there’s guaranteed to plenty more sunshine on the horizon over August and September so now is the time to get organised for your next outdoor bash.

Following a very inspirational year at Gardening Scotland – the country’s national outdoor living show at Ingliston, which took place at the start of June – it’s good to know there’s still another fabulous gardening event on the horizon for us Scots to look forward to.

Over the next three weeks (15 July – 7 August) we should all put aside 15 minutes to monitor the number of butterflies in our gardens – taking part in the UK’s Big Butterfly Count.

This weekend (18-19 June) sees the Power of Food Festival return to Edinburgh for a second year. Sixteen community gardens will be welcoming the public through their gates

Visitors attending Gardening Scotland this weekend have decided on the well-deserved ‘People’s Choice’ winners for the 2016 show.

Following all the television and media coverage around the Chelsea Flower Show last week – particularly its very decadent show gardens – I’m getting very excited about Scotland’s equivalent – Gardening Scotland.