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Prospect Cottage in Dungeness

The remarkable garden of Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage

100 beautiful and useful plants

100 beautiful and useful plants

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Gardens Illustrated Special Edition: A Year in the Edible Garden

Chippenham Park in Cambridge

Chippenham Park in spring: rich layers of history balanced by bulbs

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April’s Gardens Illustrated

Perfect plants for now

PLANTING INSPIRATION

Clematis montana Group 'Freda'

The best Clematis montana for small gardens and containers

Eschscholtzia californica ‘Alba’

Perfect flowers for a cutting garden

Corydalis nobilis third attempt

The best spring flowers to plant

Apricot Twist

The brightest and best wallflowers

Wild-style spring plant display for the container garden

What to plant in an edible garden

Flower fennel

The best flowering vegetables to grow

aa Jekka's border

Plant a herb border: download our designer plan

Poppies in a meadow

Expert tips for designing a meadow

Geranium Terre Franche

21 of the best hardy geraniums

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Container displays

POTS OF STYLE FOR YOUR GARDEN

A tropical planting display

Tropical planting display in a Victorian bird cage

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Stylish container display with succulents

A late summer container

Easy charm and subtle colour until early autumn

Kirsty Ramage pots of style. Photo by Andrew Montgomery

Wild-style spring plant display for the container garden

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Spring

PLANTS AND MORE FOR THE SEASON

Ranunculus verna 'Monique', syn. Ranunculus ficaria 'Monique',

The best ficaria verna to grow from Monksilver Nursery

Narcissus 'Sunrise'

The search for the Backhouse daffodils

Bowled over

Gypsophila: a gorgeous display with gypsophilia

Corydalis nobilis third attempt

The best spring flowers to plant

Magnolia 'Yellow Fever'

The best yellow magnolias for gardens of all sizes

The best cherry blossom trees

16 of the best cherry blossom

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Inspiring gardens

THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S OUTDOOR SPACES

The Garden Museum in London

Discover Dan Pearson's courtyard garden for the Garden Museum

A gravel path in this garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith

An Oxfordshire garden built on Tom Stuart-Smith’s original designs

Adolfo Harrison's London small garden

An urban garden: a small west London garden designed by Adolfo Harrison

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House plants

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROWING INDOORS

Asparagus fern

Asparagus fern: great house plant companions

Lithops: stone-like succulents

Lithops: How to grow lithops from seed

Phlebodium aureum or fern

Houseplants How to look after the blue star fern

Indoor plant pot

Best indoor pots to buy

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Alice Pattullo's illustration of Sierra de Guadarrama mountains

Horticultural holiday

Visit Sierra de Guadarrama mountains for wild daffodils

Garden design

DESIGN IDEAS FOR ALL YOUR GARDEN NEEDS

Limestone steps are a solution to coping with slopes. Wide steps create an elegant descent down a sloping garden

How to cope with a sloping garden

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Design ideas for a garden path

Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’

Plants for a prairie-style garden

Garden design courses

How to build a garden office

Growing a garden that lasts

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Advice

WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT

Ollie Hutson harvesting Beetroot Cylindra

The Pig Hotel's kitchen garden

Clean your rusty tools with wire wool

How to clean rusty tools

Learn how to lay a hedge using traditional craftsmanship and hedge laying skills.

How to lay a hedge

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Kit

OUR PICK OF THE BEST GARDENING TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES

Brushed copper seedling tray for house plants

The tools you need to look after your house plants

Dimmer option wall light

Best outdoor lighting for front gardens

Waxed Cotton Coat

The best showerproof jackets

LEATHER WELLIES WITH MUD BARRIER

Garden Equipment

Best welly boots for comfort and durability

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