The Friday debate
Every week we court controversy with a blogpost on the hot topic of the moment in the world of gardening, from composting toilets to garden centres.
Butt ugly: are looks important when you're buying a water butt?
From Roman columns to tree trunks, water butts come in all shapes and designs, but what's your favourite?
The Friday debate: sick of snowdrops?
They're white, green and everywhere to be seen - but have you had enough of snowdrops yet, asks Jane Perrone
The Friday debate: is gardening more important than politics?
Gardening may be boringly cyclical, but it needs to wield some political clout, argues Matthew Appleby
The Friday debate: is turning your compost heap a waste of time?
Why waste hours of your life with a fork when you could be doing far more interesting things in the garden, says Jane Perrone
The Friday debate: Who should be running the allotments?
Matthew Appleby thought an allotment site run by the plot holders was a great idea, until he saw the bill
The Friday debate: Why no intelligent debate on the use of peat?
The rights and wrongs of peat use are communicated badly by gardening media, argues Matthew Appleby
The Friday debate: Ban the pull-along trolley
These dastardly contraptions should be banished from garden shows, argues Helen Johnstone
The Friday debate: Are British gardens stuck in the past?
How healthy is the state of British garden design, asks Robert Webber
Should I chop down our magnolia and replace it with an art installation?
John Crace has big plans for his front garden - but his wife says he's ruining her life. So who's right?
The Friday debate: Don't let the garden pundits push you around
Anne Wareham is sick of people sucking their teeth at her "untidy" topiary
The Friday Debate: Should we all be going native?
Can we still afford to grow plants that aren't properly suited to local conditions, asks Vivienne Hambly of Earth at Work?
The Friday Debate: Are tulips really that difficult to grow?
Are your tulips prima donnas or carefree blooms, asks Dutch gardener Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen
The Friday Debate: Is it time for a £50 garden entrance fee?
Making a garden is a bit like writing a book just to have it only sold in charity shops, argues Anne Wareham
The Friday Debate: Time to send postage charges packing?
P&P is the sting in the tail that takes all the pleasure out of buying plants by mail order, argues Jane Perrone
The Friday Debate: Does the National Trust really care about allotments?
How can the National Trust promote allotments when it can't even look after its own plot, asks Matthew Appleby
The Friday Debate: Iconic gardens - don't believe the hype
Being herded around a "must-visit" garden allows no space for personal discovery, argue Lesley Hegarty and Robert Webber
What do you want from Gardeners' World?
Will the new series of the long-running gardening show deliver the goods, asks Jane Perrone
The Friday Debate: Gardening doesn't need celebrities
Gardeners are content to ogle their heroes at the shows, but there's more to horticulture than that, argues Anne Wareham
The Friday Debate: Green collar crime - do you take plant cuttings without permission?
Is it wrong to take cuttings from gardens without permission, asks Jane Perrone
The Friday Debate: Are gardens sexy?
Lesley Hegarty and Robert Webber get hot under the collar about garden design
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