Competition: Gardening Scotland

WIN a pair of tickets to Gardening Scotland 2020!

Spring is almost here so it’s time to step outdoors and start getting the garden in shape for the warm days ahead.

Everywhere you look new shoots are unfolding that will soon fill the garden with lush leaves, bountiful colour and gorgeous scents.

A good tidy-up is needed so that you can enjoy these at their best. Dead foliage and fallen leaves that have piled up during the winter should be cleared away and early weeds removed before they have a chance to spread.

Flower borders should be filling up now with plants that are reappearing after their winter rest. Once they’ve grown into large clumps, many different kinds of plants including hostas, irises, agapanthuses and sedums can be dug up and divided to fill gaps elsewhere. If your garden lacks early colour, then pots of spring bulbs will soon give it a lift and if you add primroses in places where the soil stays damp and doesn’t dry out during the summer then these will soon multiply.

If you don’t have room for a veg patch, then raised beds or even large pots filled with multi-purpose compost will provide enough space for tasty crops of easy-to-grow favourites including salads, herbs and peas.

Finding plants that are suited to the soil, aspect and growing conditions in your garden is your best guarantee of success and one of the easiest ways to do that is by visiting Gardening Scotland where as well as gorgeous plants and inspirational show gardens you can find all kinds of experts ready to offer advice.

Want to know how to tackle a shady corner, find a climber to cover an unsightly fence, choose a tree for a small garden or turn a tired lawn into a wildflower meadow? Then you are guaranteed to find someone at Gardening Scotland who can answer these questions and many more.

But that’s not all, the show is also a fantastic day out, with live music, huge craft pavilion selling one-off artworks and original jewellery, exhibitors selling every kind of home and lifestyle accessory, artisan food and afternoon teas. Find your way to the Secret Gin Garden and sample the cocktails on offer or head with your kids to the Big Back Garden for tree climbing adventures and all kinds of family fun.

Gardening Scotland 2020 will take place from Friday, 29th May until Sunday, 31st May at the Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh. For tickets and travel information visit www.gardeningscotland.com

We have 10 PAIRS of tickets to Gardening Scotland 2020 to give away to Konect readers! Simply answer the following question:

WHERE WILL GARDENING SCOTLAND 2020 TAKE PLACE?

Send your entry to win@konect.scot to arrive no later than 20 th March 2020. Please include your full name and postcode. Winners will be drawn at random after the closing date and informed via the email address used to enter.