Soft landscaping

Mixed borders at Gravetye Manor garden

Garden border ideas: 16 for the garden

Bird on water trough at Yeo Valley Organic Garden

How not to lose nature from your garden

Podocarpus nivalis

Forget Ilex crenata: this is the best alternative to box

Taxus baccata (Yew), a perfect hedging plant

Hedging: 30 top plants for a hedge

Stavordale Priory

Design Solutions: Topiary

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

How to lay a hedge

Malus 'Evereste'

Trees for small gardens

Decorative Ivy

The best ivy for your garden - top variegated and decorative cultivars

Pennisetum orientale 'Tall Tails'

Pennisetum for late summer borders

Ula Maria garden

Creating a private garden

A garden arbour

How to make a garden arbour and tunnel using natural materials

Lawn grass by Jonas Weckschmied © Unsplash

Soft landscaping

Best grass seed for your garden

Marian Boswell's layered border planting plan

Garden border ideas How to create a mixed border planting plan

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

A Cotswold rectory garden with topiary and early spring bulbs

In a hilltop location, bands of Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Rosea’, Phlomis russeliana and self-seeded Lychnis coronaria support each other in a densely planted flower garden. The sun is setting through a Catalpa bignonioides and great plumes of Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’ hide the parking area.

How to create a flower-filled hillside garden