Garden design

Naturalised crocus planted in a lawn under a mature tree framing a typical Cotswold house in the distance

Winter structure and early spring planting ideas from a Cotswold garden

Hortus Loci Chelsea

Reader day: Hortus Loci Chelsea Plant Preview

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

How to attract wildlife into the garden: Pollinator-friendly plants and container displays for bees and butterflies

Book and pencil on garden table with old camera and summer flowers in garden

Simple ways to transform your garden this year

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Design solutions: Green roofs

A water feature using an overflowing pipe where water falls into a moss covered stone basin surrounded by ferns

Design solutions: Water

Rousham. Photo: Andrew Lawson

Why is Rousham England’s most influential garden?

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

What is soil and how can gardeners improve it?

StavordalePriory. Photo: Jason Ingram

Design Solutions: Topiary

Slate fencing at Plascwmllan beside the Watkin path in Snowdonia, North Wales.

Design ideas: Local heroes

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

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Design ideas for a garden path

Fernando Martos garden by Claire Takacs

Reader holiday: The flora and gardens of central Spain, 24-30 May 2019

Photo: Annie Guilfoyle

Low maintenance gardening