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The Plant Issue 2018

Take a look inside The Plant Issue 2018

Year of books 2018

WIN all 12 of our books of the year 2018

View from within the walled garden across Buxus sempervivens wave hedge with frost. Designed by Arne Maynard.

Winter structure in the garden

Crowds flock along Main Avenue at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2017 and view the 500 Years of Covent Garden: The Sir Simon Milton Foundation Garden.

Win a pair of tickets to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019

Christmas

Festive ideas and inspiration

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Ideas for decorating the table for Christmas

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Make your own outdoor Christmas lights

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How to make a floral Advent calendar

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It's bulb planting season

Find expert advice, inspiration and planting ideas for growing spring-flowering bulbs

Tulipa 'Red Shine'

Where to buy bulbs: our list of the best suppliers

Kirsty Ramage pots of style. Photo by Andrew Montgomery

Wild-style spring plant display for the container garden

Container display using a mass-planting of daffodils

Inspiration and advice for planting bulbs in pots

Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin', Crocus chrysanthus 'Romance', Muscari armeniacum and Anemone blanda 'Charmer'

Forcing bulbs: advice and planting combinations

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5 top garden designers recommend the best spring bulbs

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Plants

Clematis montana Group 'Freda'

The best Clematis montana for small gardens and containers

Digitalis at The Botanic Nursery

Foxgloves for colour and structure

Front of Treberfydd Walled Garden Plant Nursery

66 best plant nurseries

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Gardens

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Martha Stewart’s top tips for a successful garden

Prairies

Making and managing a prairie-style garden

arbours and tunnels using natural materials

How to make arbours and tunnels using natural materials

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Design

Agave and other dry-climate plants are highlighted in a Spanish garden by the sunrise

Tips for planting in a dry climate

Illustration of a showing a small garden planting plan

Big ideas for small gardens

Stavordale Priory. Photo Jason Ingram

What you need to know before building a rill

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Gardens Illustrated podcasts

Tom Stuart Smith RHS Chelsea Garden 2018

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 Paul Hervey-Brookes

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 Chris Beardshaw

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Kit

Our pick of the best garden tools and accessories

Sleek, high-quality finish hardwood deck boards

Garden design solutions: Decking

Burgon and Ball long-handled planter

Garden Equipment

9 of the best long-handled bulb planters

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Garden Equipment

Get kitted out for the allotment

Rakes perfect for petals

Garden Equipment

9 of the best garden rakes

Offers and competitions

Rose Garden at Mottisfont Abbey Hampshire

Reader holiday: The English Rose Tour, 11-14 June 2019

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Christmas wreath offer

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Spring Reader Day at Great Dixter, 4 March 2019. SOLD OUT

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