GLAM, gorgeous and gaga for gardening - This Morning presenter Daisy Payne burst onto our screens after her horticultural journey was spotted on social media by TV producers. Now the 27-year-old - known as @fromgardentogarnish on instagram - has got a new book out called ‘ Start Growing ’ - described as ‘a year of joyful gardening for absolute beginners.’ Containing 40 easy budget friendly projects suitable for complete newbies, she told Sun Gardening: “It’s the book I wish I had when I started gardening.
“I wish that more young people my age or younger would get into it as there's so many benefits. It’s so important to switch your screen time for some green time. “When I started I struggled with a lot of the gardening books out there - they assumed knowledge and they assumed I have loads of cash, which I don't.
“This is for people who have never done gardening before.” Daisy's top tips for beginner gardeners. It’s so important to switch your screen time for some green time.
Start Growing by Daisy Payne (Ebury Press, £14.99) is out on 6th June WE’VE had the Chelsea Flower Show - and now it’s time for the Chelsea Chop. It’s an easy way of cutting back herbaceous perennials to encourage bushiness, side shoots and to stop the flop! It also promotes longer flowering - so you have colour later in the season too.
Herbaceous perennials are those that die back completely in the winter and then start to put on leggy growth very quickly once the soil warm.
