Big gardens

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

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

What is soil?

best climbing plants for gardens - Solanum crispum album

30 of the best climbing plants for 2023

English Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia Elizabeth

Favourite lavenders for a low maintenance garden

Helleborus x hybridus Pink Red

How to grow hellebores

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

Stavordale Priory

Design Solutions: Topiary

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

How to lay a hedge

Monique Gudgeon lakeside sculpture garden

Striking form at a sculptural winter garden

Marks Hall in Essex

Gardens to visit

Marks Hall arboretum and walled garden in winter

Growing pumpkins: our guide to planting pumpkins

How to grow pumpkins and squashes

Kathleen Murphy's Australian garden © Marnie Hawson

A sustainable family garden in Australia

roof reservoir

Saving water in garden design

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Garden path ideas: how to design a garden path

A garden arbour

How to make a garden arbour and tunnel using natural materials

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