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Gardens can look great in October – here are the best gardens to visit this month for beautiful autumn blooms
Head gardener Tom Brown recommends gardens and places to see seasonal plants and flowers at their best
The perfect flowers for October
The flowers that are blooming bright this October month are warm and vibrant to help ease the transition to cooler days. Head gardener Tom Brown and nurserywoman Fleur van Zonneveld choose the plants they love. Photographs Jason Ingram and Maayke de Ridder
Gothic plants for Halloween: these are the plants that could help to spookify your garden
Discover some of the blackest plants, just in time for Halloween
Beautiful pink, orange, red and white poppies for your garden and how to care for them
The scarlet poppy may be one of the most instantly recognisable flowers, but with more than 70 species of Papaver, in a range of shapes and colours, there’s one for every garden. Plant expert John Hoyland picks the best and gives his growing advice
Perfect flowers for a cutting garden from the Beth Chatto Gardens
A year spent in Beth Chatto's garden changed florist Amy Sanderson’s approach to flower arranging. Here she chooses the best flowers for a cutting garden
Pressing flowers: meet the company preserving blooms
JamJar Flowers is Melissa Richardson and Amy Ireland's pressed flower company which creates pressed flowers that are not only beautiful works of art, but a wonderful way of preserving a favourite plant, a bouquet or even an entire garden. Words Natasha Goodfellow photographs Andrew Montgomery
Easy charm and subtle colour until early autumn
Head gardener Benjamin William Pope brings summer to
a close with two sophisticated displays that add a touch of easy
charm and subtle colour until early autumn. Photographs Andrew Montgomery
Spectacular rare tulips grown by designer Arne Maynard
In the 17th century these rare and exquisite tulips sent a nation near crazy with ‘tulip mania’. Here are the tulips which have delighted designer Arne Maynard. Words Arne Maynard, photographs Andrew Montgomery
OPINION | Climate change means we should learn to love weeds
Landscape designer Jack Wallington's new book focuses on the benefits of weeds. Here's why climate change should make weeds more attractive to gardeners
Could new verge cutting guidance help promote wildflowers?
A new report suggests a new style of managing roadside verges could promote greater wildflower diversity