Projects - Check out these fun-to-build free plans for you DIY enthusiasts. There are a large number of projects for you to try from simple wooden planters suitable for the amateur to complex plans for the more experienced.

Wishing Well Planter - This medium-size wishing well stands approximately 1400mm (4'-8") high and 600mm (2ft) wide. It is a cross between a small planter and a full-size wishing well, and can be used either as a planter box or a garden ornament. This wishing well is a lot of fun to build and even a DIY beginner should be able to knock it up without too much trouble.

Planter Box - This planter box is both a simple and inexpensive project to undertake. It is constructed solely of ex 100 x 50 gauged tanalised radiata (finished, dressed or gauged size is actually 94 x 46). The longest length of timber required is less than 500mm.

Wheelbarrow Planter - Step by step instructions on how to build a rustic garden wheelbarrow. This particular wheelbarrow is an ornamental, decorative planter box and is also fully functional and can be wheeled from place to place.

Wheelbarrow Planter - Step by step instructions on how to build a garden arched bridge.  Perhaps a little more complicated than the earlier ones - but if you’ve been practising who knows.

News - all the latest gardening news stories from around the country courtesy of Telegraph.co.uk.