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Home cooking recipes

RECIPES USING FRESH INGREDIENTS FROM THE GARDEN

Courgette soup

Courgette Soup

28 mins Serves 3–4

Palermo artichokes

Tasty stuffed artichokes with peas and broad beans

50 mins Serves 8

Beetroot tops

Beetroot top and feta tart recipe

1 h 15 mins Serves 8

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Summer

PLANTS AND MORE FOR THE SEASON

Mary Keen’s greenhouse is cleverly positioned to form part of the circuit around the garden; you can admire her collection of pelargoniums by walking right through it. The path here is lined with jewel-coloured dahlias and the tall, luminous-blue Salvia patens ‘Guanajuato’ emerging from clouds of Erigeron annuus.

Inside Mary Keen’s immersive, atmospheric, compact garden

Pelargonium ‘Berkswell Harmony’. A highly distinctive, two-toned cultivar with burgundy upper and pink lower petals and intricate claret ‘feathering’ (fine lines). It’s tall, and needs staking. Aim for three to four leaders initially with constant pinching out to create a full bush that eventually supports itself. 60cm. RHS H1C†.

Angel pelargoniums: choosing and growing the best Angel pelargoniums

Perpetual Carnations

Discover the world of the perpetual carnation

Clematis x durandii. A much-loved hybrid between C. ‘Jackmanii’ and C. integrifolia with rich, saucer-shaped, indigo-blue flowers with deep midribs. The semi-nodding flowers, with beautifully contrasting pale-yellow anthers, appear from June until the autumn. 1.5m. AGM. RHS H6, USDA 5a-9b.

Herbaceous Clematis: choosing and growing the best herbaceous clematis

The deep beds are crammed with a complex tapestry of perennial interest, with an emphasis on foliage that ranges from the fresh, grassy growth of Hakonechloa macra to the deep-plum leaves of Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’.

Planting for a dry and shady urban garden

In this mixed House Border, the
red flowers of Rosa ‘Florence
Mary Morse’ bring early colour alongside the white sprays of Persicaria x fennica ‘Johanniswolke’. The tall, slender annual corncockles are woven through the border plants, and, along with alliums and bronze fennel, help to unify the plantings
and create a naturalistic scene.

Summer planting at Malverleys: borders, layering and planning ahead

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Container displays

POTS OF STYLE FOR YOUR GARDEN

Seed Pantry

Best plant gift subscriptions

Houseplants in the hallway

Create the perfect hallway house plant display

A winter succulents display with houseleek

Create an easy-to-grow miniature houseleek landscape

Winter succulents

Discover winter-to-spring planting combinations

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Perfect plants for now

PLANTING INSPIRATION

A hand holding soil

The compost guide: best compost for potting and more

Hedge cutting

How to trim hedges

Sissinghurst’s Delos garden has been transformed into a Mediterranean-style space in line with the original vision. Grecian altars and a Mediterranean kermes oak are placed along the main walkway

Inside Sissinghurst’s Mediterranean-inspired Delos garden

Three bouquets in vases and three Bloom & Wild subscription boxes.

Best flower subscriptions

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Single roses: choosing and growing the best single roses for your garden

Benton End in Suffolk, where the artist and gardener Cedric Morris and his partner Arthur Lett-Haines moved in 1940, is where Morris bred many of his beautiful and painterly coloured bearded irises

Benton irises: how to choose and grow them

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Umbellifers: How to choose and grow the best umbellifers for your garden

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The best crab apple trees for colour and form

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Inspiring gardens

THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S OUTDOOR SPACES

Prolific design duo Harris Bugg have created an exquisite slice of urban meadow in a wildlife-friendly garden in north London. Words Kendra Wilson. Photography Jason Ingram.

Explore a wildlife-friendly meets urban London garden

Making the most of the good drainage provided by the steep bank beneath the wall, Jo has introduced a thyme meadow that tumbles down into the main meadow mix from Emorsgate Seeds, which is based down the road from Jo’s farmhouse. The tall spires of Verbascum thapsus add vertical accents that link to the tower of the 14th-century village church beyond.

Tips for an idyllic managed meadow garden

The sheltered Gravel Garden where owners Nick and Louise Killen can sit among mounds of Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ and the floating heads of Cenolophium denudatum and enjoy a view to the church where they married. The stone Farrowing House is now Nick’s office.

Creating the perfect Somerset family garden

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House plants

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROWING INDOORS

Pots of Style with Ben Preston and succulents

Pots of style A stunning succulent display for indoor and out

Potted History book by Catherine Horwood

Gardening books

Review How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes, by Catherine Horwood

Stylish houseplants

House plants Creating the perfect stylish indoor display

Ceropegia: string of hearts plant

House plants The string of hearts

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GARDEN EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO

Find out what events, open gardens and more are happening this month

Garden design

DESIGN IDEAS FOR ALL YOUR GARDEN NEEDS

Rob Handy's forest garden in Somerset

How to make a forest garden

A metal gate designed by Cameron Mackintosh for his home in Somerset

Hard landscaping

Using metal in the garden

Great Dixter

Control of nature: how gardening is about shaping the natural world

Garden design courses

How to build a garden office

How to grow a sustainable garden

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Advice

WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT

Handful of compost with earthworms, used for mulching

How to mulch

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

Bede Wellington

The best wellington boots for walking and gardening

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9 of the best bird feeders

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Garden Equipment

9 of the best splitting axes

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