Big gardens

The heart of the garden is an ‘oasis’ formed by an enlarged pool with associated viewing deck

Explore a Californian oasis garden

Growing pumpkins: our guide to planting pumpkins

How to grow pumpkins and squashes

Helleborus orientalis 'Yellow Lady'

How to grow hellebores for colour over winter

Sassafras albidum sapling, a great autumn tree

Which autumn trees to have in your garden

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Reducing plastic in your garden

No-dig gardener Charles Dowding in his quarter-acre organic vegetable garden in Somerset

What is no dig gardening?

Digitalis pupurea 'Gloxinioides'

The best plants for a cottage garden

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

Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'

The best flowering dogwoods

Poppies in a meadow

Expert tips for designing a meadow

Magnolia 'Yellow Fever'

The best yellow magnolias for gardens of all sizes

Digitalis at The Botanic Nursery (June 2016)

Foxgloves for colour and structure

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5 ways to create an ecological wildlife haven

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

What is soil and how can gardeners improve it?

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