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Not sure which compost your plant dreams about at night?

Ever feel like your plants are judging your potting mix choices?

Stop the silent treatment!

Meet, What’s This Plant, Potting Mix & Soil Match Maker – your plant’s new best friend (and your secret weapon).

Pick your brand, choose your plant, and let the tool work its magic.

In seconds, it’ll tell you exactly which mix to use, why it’s perfect, and how to pot like a pro – no guesswork, no wilted disasters.

Go on… give your plant the VIP treatment it deserves…your plants will finally stop throwing shade.

Potting Mix & Soil Match Maker

Choose your brand, product type and plant, and we’ll suggest the most suitable soil or potting mix from our database.

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Start by choosing a brand, product type and plant type, then click “Find my mix” to see a tailored recommendation.

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Garden Tools Hub

A suite of interactive tools to help you choose plants, diagnose problems, plan borders, understand growth, and care for your garden with confidence.

Plan & Design Your Garden

Choose plants, plan borders, and design spaces that actually work.

Find plants that match your sun, soil, size, and colour needs – without guesswork.

Great for: new beds & tricky spots.

Design My Garden

Build planting combinations by height, texture and season for balanced, beautiful borders.

Great for: full-border and whole-garden planning.

Pruning Planner

See when and how to prune shrubs, roses and climbers without damaging next year’s flowers.

Great for: pruning calendars & seasonal tasks.

Garden Doctor

Diagnose problems with plants and weeds, then see what to do next.

Plant Symptom Checker

Yellow leaves, spots or wilting? Enter symptoms to see likely causes and fixes.

Great for: mystery plant problems.

Weed Treatment Guide

Identify nuisance weeds and compare safe treatment options – chemical and organic.

Great for: beds, paths & lawns under attack.

Lawn Maturation Tool

Understand how established your lawn really is and what care it needs at each stage.

Great for: new lawns & patchy grass.

Soil & Nutrition Tools

Get the “invisible” foundations right – soil, compost and feeding.

Soil Calculator

Work out how much compost, topsoil or mulch you actually need for beds and containers.

Great for: ordering the right amount first time.

Decode fertiliser labels and calculate the right N–P–K balance for your plants.

Great for: feeding without overdoing it.

Coming Soon

More soil and feeding helpers will live here as the toolkit grows.

Watch this space.

Growing Guides & Learning

For gardeners who want to understand the “why”, not just the “what”.

Plant Education Hub

Learn the basics (and beyond) of plant care, pests, pruning, watering and more.

Great for: levelling up your skills.

Growth Stages Guide

See how plants change from seedling to mature, so you know what’s normal and what’s not.

Great for: managing expectations & timing.

Gentle Gardening (OAP)

Practical tips and adaptations for gardening with less lifting, bending and strain.

Great for: accessible, low-effort gardening.

Seasonal highlight: Pruning Planner

Not sure when to prune which shrubs or roses? Use the Pruning Planner to avoid cutting off next year’s flowers by mistake.

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