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A garden in Dungeness designed by Emily Erlam

How to create a gravel garden

Lithops: stone-like succulents

Lithops: How to grow lithops from seed

010 Great Dixter

How to grow vegetables in pots

Jenny Barnes training roses

Stunning sculptures created by rose training

Strip leaves and deadhead

How to train roses

A small copper butterfly taking a drink of nectar from a thistle head flower, summer days.

How to attract wildlife into the garden

The walled garden at Wardington has a diverse mix of flowers and vegetables

Soil health Why healthy soil is good for the climate

Garden Designer Jinny Blom's own garden in Brockley London, June 2015 UK

10 ideas to improve your garden

aa Jekka's border

Plant a herb border: download our designer plan

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

A natural solution to storing fresh food - a square of cotton fabric, beeswax, pine-resin powder and jojoba oil

How to make beeswax wraps

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Make your own origami seed envelope

Natural garden structures

How to make a bean pole support for the garden

Poppies in a meadow

Expert tips for designing a meadow

Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’

Geums and how to grow them