Straightforward Gardening
An online gardening membership & club for all seasons - get the most from your plants all year long!
Gardening changes constantly through the year, and it can be difficult to know what to focus on from one month to the next.
Straightforward Gardening was created to make that easier.
Rather than producing another standalone course, Rosy wanted to create something that gives gardeners practical guidance as the seasons unfold - with support you can return to throughout the year.
What’s included
A private library of seasonal videos
You’ll have access to a growing private library of videos, with new ones released every week. Each one is designed to help you with the jobs, decisions, and seasonal tasks that matter at that point in the gardening year.
Live Q&A sessions with Rosy
Members will be invited to regular live Q&As with Rosy, where you can learn from her experience and get answers to common gardening questions. If you can’t attend live, recordings will be available to watch afterwards.
Access to the community space
You’ll also have access to the private community space, where Rosy will be present alongside other members. This is also where members will be able to suggest topics and have a say in the content Rosy creates in future.
Example Curriculum
- 1. What To Do With Plug Plants (7:53)
- 2. Chop & Drop Technique (8:12)
- 3. Pricking Out Seedlings (Timing Matters) (9:30)
- 4. Pruning Shrubs & How To Use The Cut Offs (9:42)
- 5. Intro To Spring w/ Pre-staking Demo (14:41)
- 6. Insect Damage & What To Do About It (11:07)
- 7. Hardening Off Plant Material That Was Overwintered (7:00)
- 8. Weather in Spring: What Do You Need To Track? (6:47)
- 9. Spotting & Dealing With Early Annual Weeds (9:16)
- 10. Rosy's Favourites: Spring Plants for a Sunny Spot (10:31)
- 11. Rosy's Favourites: Spring Plants for Shade (11:34)
- 12. Rosy's Favourites: Spring Plants for Clay Soils (10:28)
- 13. The Correct Way To Water Plants (11:31)
- 14. Chelsea Chop & Deadheading (15:35)
- 15. Guide to Fertiliser & Plant Food (15:55)
- 16. Perennial Weeds & Late Spring Annual Weeds (18:37)
- 17. Planting Into a Border or Raised Beds (10:34)
- 18. Staking Tall Perennials (13:27)
- 19. Deadheading (Salvias, Wallflowers, Geraniums, Geums & More) (14:02)
- 20. Rosy's Favourites: Summer Plants for Shade & Sunny Spots (14:01)
- 21. What To Do About Heat Stressed Plants (17:58)
- 22. How To Collect Seed in Summer (24:28)
- 23. Fasciation: Why Plants Grow Weirdly Sometimes (And What To Do About It) (10:24)
- 24: The Do's & Don't of Hot Summer Gardening (15:56)
- 25. My Drought Survival Guide (18:22)
- 26: Rosy's Favourites: Scented Plants That Aren't Roses (12:56)
- 27: Key Garden Jobs Before You Leave on a Holiday (14:44)
- 28. Popular Climbers & How To Make Them Work (15:58)
- 29. Gardening Techniques for Extending The Season (13:04)
More About Rosy
Rosy Hardy is a renowned horticulturalist based in Hampshire, UK (equivalent to growing zone 8a).
Rosy has 40 years experience as a commercial grower of herbaceous perennials and is the owner and proprietor of Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants.
Rosy has also carved out a niche on YouTube as a gardening educator in tandem with numerous workshops/lectures she has run in person at the nursery and garden clubs.
As a nursery owner she has propagated and grown plants for award winning show gardens at flower shows such as RHS Chelsea & BBC Gardeners World Live.
In 2019 she was recognised for her work as a grower, being named an Honorary Vice President of the RHS