This is why… You all know I LOVE a dahlia and this is why you must grow them too. When I first grew them I didn’t have a perfect garden I had an empty space I needed to fill with flowers. My dahlia border is right next to my kids football pitch and behind their play equipment! Don’t worry about your garden not being ready or good enough, just grow flowers in any space you have. It will be the start of your gardening journey once you realise how much you love it. Tell me what was the first flower

Only 57 more days until spring! If you’re looking for a beautiful and easy dahlia to grow from seed, check out ‘Dandy Improved’ border dahlias from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. After growing them for the first time a few years ago, I now harvest my own seeds from the dried flower heads each fall to start more plants the following year. These compact plants only grow about 2 feet tall and don’t need staking like much taller dahlia varieties. They create pinwheels of different color blooms and are