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

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

Parsnip soup served with a spoonful of medlar jam

Garden recipe: Parsnip soup with medlar jam

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Spring

Brighter days, seed sowing and blossom

Kirsty Ramage pots of style. Photo by Andrew Montgomery

Wild-style spring plant display for the container garden

Dixter reader day 2019 portrait

Spring Reader Day at Great Dixter

Front of Treberfydd Walled Garden Plant Nursery

66 best plant nurseries

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Summer

Long, warm days and a garden in full bloom

A stir fry dish of yellow courgette and tomatoes

Garden recipe: Vegan courgette and tomato stir fry

A recipe for relish using green tomatoes, aubergine and fresh chilli

Garden recipe: aubergine chutney

A mix of Dahlias and grasses are planted up into a greengrocer-style box

Planting ideas for late-summer container display

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Front of Treberfydd Walled Garden Plant Nursery

66 best plant nurseries

Plant hardiness

Plant hardiness ratings explained

Packets of seed

Our favourite seed suppliers