Creative plant supports you can make at home this spring to turn your garden into a work of art
Gardener Jenny Barnes demonstrates how to create your own plant supports that will turn your garden into a work of art.
How to train roses into creative sculptures
Head gardener Jenny Barnes is known for her imaginative ways of training roses. Here, she shares her secrets to creating her beautiful rose domes and sculptures.
How to prune a climbing rose: expert tips from a head gardener
Daunted by pruning a climbing rose? Follow our expert guide on training climbing roses from head gardener Jenny Barnes
Leaf peeping alert! The glorious 60-acre woodland you need to visit for blissful autumn walks
Ablaze with astonishing autumn colour, Evenley Wood’s impressive collection of trees and shrubs places this Northamptonshire garden – already well known for its spring bulb displays – even more firmly on the map
Late summer warmth | A late-summer pot arrangement using Molinia caerulea and dahlias
Cottesbrooke’s head gardener Jenny Barnes combines well-established plants with bold foliage and rich colours to create a container display to help summer slide into autumn. Words Jenny Barnes, photographs Richard Bloom
A soft summer meadow planter using poppies and sanguisorba
Head gardener Jenny Barnes creates a summer meadow in a basket, featuring grasses and poppies that will thrive into autumn
An early autumn pot for a shady spot
Head gardener Jenny Barnes creates an early autumn container display for a shady area. Words Jenny Barnes, photographs Richard Bloom
A low maintenance evergreen pot for winter
Head gardener Jenny Barnes creates a pot filled with evergreens – low maintenance and perfect for winter. Photographs by Richard Bloom
A colourful container display using chillies
Jenny Barnes walks us through this container display that prolongs the life of fresh chillies and brings colour and shape indoors
Pots of style | Warm foliage pot design for winter
With colour in the garden now at a premium, Jenny Barnes creates a container that brings warm foliage. Words Jenny Barnes, photographs Richard Bloom
