Seasonal highlights

Inspiration and planting ideas for the gardening year. Plan ahead or discover new plants and projects to consider now

Autumn

Eye-catching trees, planting bulbs and cutting back

This easy-to-make recipe for onion bahjees uses chickpea flour and spices

Garden recipe: Onion bahjees

golden beets freshly harvested raw on rustic wood background

Garden recipe: Golden beetroot soup

Whitburgh

An innovative take on the contemporary

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Winter

Flashes of colour, striking seed heads and structural planting

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

Salix alba var. vitellina 'Yelverton'

The best winter stems for late season colour

Helleborus orientalis 'Yellow Lady'

Hellebores – what to know and which to grow

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Spring

Brighter days, seed sowing and blossom

Barnsley House (23rd April 2017)

Barnsley House Garden – celebrating Rosemary Verey

c. Jason Ingram

A flower-filled walled garden

Bosvigo

A Cornish spring garden

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Summer

Long, warm days and a garden in full bloom

P commutatum Ladybird

Papaver

Rose Garden at Mottisfont Abbey Hampshire

Reader holiday: The English Rose Tour, 11-14 June 2019

Recommendations for Salvias to grow in the garden

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Silent Pool Gin Chelsea

Competition: Silent Pool Gin at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Plant hardiness

Plant hardiness ratings explained

Packets of seed

Our favourite seed suppliers