Gardening advice for beginners – We think you’ll agree Spring is well and truly here – and with current events we all have plenty of time – It’s a great time to dust off the gardening equipment, the mower and spend a little time giving a little TLC in our gardens.

Whether you’ve a full garden, a balcony, a porch or just a couple of tubs or planters then this is the time to find your green fingers.

If you’re a beginner, thinking I’d like things to look better, here’s our top list of the best YouTube gardening resources to get you started.

Gardening advice for beginners – YouTube Channels

Charles Dowding

Charles Dowding was named the social media influencer by the UK Garden Media Guild. With over 100,000 subscribers and rising fast, Dowding is a guru in no-dig horticulture. With decades of experience as a market gardener, Dowding has the facts to back it up, filming from Somerset he produces tens-of-thousands of pounds of produce a year for his veg box scheme, not to mention the cookery courses.

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RHS Beginners Guide to Gardening

The RHS Beginners Guide, offers a wide selection of information for every aspect of gardening. Making it totally accessible to help with a glossary page, converting jargon into understandable terms – something all beginners have been caught out on.

Find tips on all the essentials, from weeding, planting, creating containers, allotment gardening, and growing vegetables. You can also find great ‘How To’ videos on YouTube.

rhs.org.uk/advice/beginners-guide

youtube.com/user/RoyalHorticulturalSo

Garden Ninja

Garden Ninja, Lee Burkhill, is a garden designer from Manchester that helps people kick start their gardens. Winner of the BBC and RHS Feel Good Gardens Competition Garden Ninja brings you awesome garden design help providing easy to follow video guides.

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Garden Answer

For some incredibly creative gardening ideas for people who don’t own a garden this YouTube channel is perfect. From a shaded window box to metal containers and unique wreaths.

This is the place to go to if you’ve been wanting to spruce up your empty balcony or window shelves.

One fantastic video shows you how to make a miniature garden using tools you may already have at home.

youtube.com/user/gardenanswer

Garden Organic

Garden Organic’s goal is simple… get more people growing organically. But they can only achieve this with you. Thousands are now spreading the word about the many benefits of organic gardening. 

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Easy Gardening

Want more plants, then this is the channel to head for. Air layering propagation made easy, self-watering systems and growing roses in a pot.

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Thompson & Morgan

A fantastic ‘how to’ library of videos from seed supplier Thompson & Morgan. An easy to find anything archive of gardening tip films, covering the basics that will defiantly inspire anyone.

How to prune your Clematis, planting vegetables, hedging, compost and more.

youtube.com/user/thompsonmorgan

Epic Gardening

A huge YouTube channel over 400,000 subscribers! Presented by Kevin, reveals the hidden secrets of gardening. If you are keen to discover Grow your own ginger, how to prune basil, using kitchen scraps correctly or avoid these garden myths – then this is the channel for you.

Great educational videos that are also fun, catch new videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

youtube.com/user/EpicGardening

BBC Gardener’s World Magazine

No list would be complete without the BBC Gardener’s World. From Hedge Trimmer and Lawn Mowers buyers guides, quick tips and Gardens of the Year for great inspiration.

youtube.com/channel/UC8kRP4T6HbZnsheHCuIB_FQ/featured

Other gardening advice for beginners

• National Garden Scheme coordinates charity openings for 3,500 private gardens in England and Wales.
• GrowVeg is a vegetable garden planning app with a very useful set of practical videos on YouTube.
• Quickcrop is a seller of supplies for veg gardeners with a specialism in wooden raised beds and square foot gardening.
• Suttons is a seed company that offers a range of exotic vegetables selected by popular gardener James Wong. Among the content on this channel are Wong’s videos about growing dahlia yams, cucamelons, and more.

Blackpool Grand

Take a look at what’s on at Blackpool Grand Theatre this Autumn / Winter 20/21

Blackpool Grand set out a COVID-Community Communication Programme (CCCP) during the Coronavirus pandemic. Our aims were simple, to CONNECT, COMFORT and UPLIFT. We would Connect people by offering tutorials on communication tools like Zoom and conduct community face-to-face meetings (book readings, youth groups and more). Comfort through stories of heritage, memories and storytelling, and to Uplift visitors spirits through laughter and exercise. Please do enjoy and if you can afford to donate please do.

The information in this story is accurate as of the publication date. While we are attempting to keep our content as up-to-date as possible, the situation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continues to develop rapidly, so it’s possible that some information and recommendations may have changed since publishing. For any concerns and latest advice around COVID-19, visit the World Health Organisation. If you’re in the UK, the National Health Service can also provide useful information and support, while US users can contact the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.