Big gardens

An illustration showing the plants used in a bold design for a late summer border by gardener Andrea Brusendorf

Late summer planting plan using tried and tested plants

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

roof reservoir

Saving water in garden design

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Garden path ideas: how to design a garden path

best climbing plants for gardens - Solanum crispum album

30 of the best climbing plants for 2022

A garden arbour

How to make a garden arbour and tunnel using natural materials

Poppies in a meadow

Expert tips for designing a meadow

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Reducing plastic in your garden and allotment

Internet in the garden

How to boost Wi-Fi and get the Internet in your garden

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

How to lay a hedge

Marian Boswell's layered border planting plan

Garden border ideas How to create a mixed border planting plan

Stavordale Priory

Design Solutions: Topiary

An illustration of the soil food chain from organic matter and bacteria to animals

What is soil?

Monique Gudgeon lakeside sculpture garden

Striking form at a sculptural winter garden

The zestful planting of the main borders of the garden seems to be a continuum of colourful plants but they are bisected by grass paths. In the foreground the punchy, red flowers of Monarda ‘Jacob Cline’ float around the purple flowers of Salvia nemorosa ‘Amethyst’.

Layered perennial planting in a Cheshire garden