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Garden border ideas | Spring border: a planting plan by designer Sarah Price
Download this border planting plan, created exclusively for Gardens Illustrated by award-winning garden designer Sarah Price. It will look good from late winter to early summer. Illustration by Hannah McVicar.
15 stylish fruit cages for keeping your produce protected
A fruit cage is a practical and stylish way to protect your fruit and vegetables. We've selected 15 different fruit cages to keep birds and other pests at bay, so you can choose the right design for your garden.
The best gardening gloves and gauntlets for 2024
Keep your hands warm and protected with our pick of the best gloves for gardening
Mini greenhouses for your garden
Whatever the size of your garden or outdoor space, growing under glass offers great opportunity
The best garden wheelbarrows
Save yourself a lot of time and hassle in the garden with our selection of the best wheelbarrows on the market.
Garden design courses
Looking for a garden design course? Here's a selection of the UK's leading garden design schools and details of the training they offer.
The best crab apple trees for colour and form
Kew-trained plant expert Graham Rice recommends 15 of the best crab apple trees for blossom, foliage, fruit and flavour. Photographs Dianna Jazwinski
17 timelessly elegant Victorian greenhouses and porch glasshouses for 2024
Check out our shortlist of the most stylish luxury glasshouses, Victorian-style greenhouses and top-end glasshouses with porches to transform your garden and growing possibilities in 2024
18 of the best cherry blossom trees
Ornamental Japanese cherry blossom trees are one of the delights of spring, with their clouds of pink or white blooms. Garden writer Val Bourne recommends some of her favourites at Batsford Arboretum. Photographs Lynn Keddie
What is soil? You may think you know, but there's a lot going on under your feet
Think of your garden soil as a living organism that needs gentle handling and you will reap the benefits in healthier plants, urges no-dig gardening expert Charles Dowding
Best Boot Scrapers and Brushes in 2024
Keep your boots - and hallways - clean through the muddy seasons. Here’s our selection of the best boot scrapers and boot brushes.
Designers pick their favourite spring bulbs to plant now
Five leading garden designers recommend the best spring bulbs to plant in autumn to add colour into the garden after the dull winter months
10 ways to improve your garden
Award-winning garden designer Jinny Blom gives us her 10-point plan for improving any garden.
Make your own seed envelope
Follow our fold-by-fold guide to making your own origami seed envelope. Then save and collect your own seeds from this year's favourites, or swap with a gardening friend and be ready to sow next spring.
Garden border ideas | How to plant bulbs in perennial borders
Advice and tips for planting spring bulbs in borders to create a colourful display in spring, plus how to combine bulbs with perennial
Annual climbers: 21 of the best annual climbers to plant
Annual climbers can be sown and grown in a year and are an easy and colourful way to cover walls or trellises. Plant expert Matthew Biggs chooses 21 of his favourite annual climbers
Make your own Christmas decorations from your garden
Festive ideas and inspiration for stylish Christmas decorations such as baubles and garlands, easily handmade at home using foraged and natural materials from the garden
How to grow pumpkins and squashes
There is a huge variety of winter squash and pumpkins out there, all easy to grow in an allotment or garden if you know how. If you want to grow pumpkins for next year, here's a few of our favourites, plus some extra advice on sowing and planting. Illustration Kerry Lemon
Growing apples: tips for how to grow apples
Head gardener at Gravetye Manor, Tom Coward gives his top tips for growing apples and advice on what apple cultivars to grow in a wild-style orchard. Words Tom Coward, photos Andrew Montgomery
Spiced parsnip and apple muffins recipe
The perfect cold-weather, healthy muffin snack using parsnip and apple that is both seasonal and delicious. Recipe from Stephanie Hafferty
Which long-handled bulb planters to buy
Make sure you're prepared for bulb-planting season with a good quality, easy-to-use bulb planter. Here's our selection of nine of the best with long handles in 2024.
Late summer planting combination for pots
Designer Kristy Ramage brings pizzazz to a late summer container combination using plants in lilac tones and a splash of orange. Here's how she did it. Photographs Andrew Montgomery
Recipe for baked pears on a barbecue
A dessert recipe from Cleve West using pears and fragrant spices that can be cooked at a barbecue or an allotment
No-dig expert Charles Dowding recommends the best winter vegetables to grow
Organic vegetable grower, Charles Dowding chooses his favourite vegetables to grow in the garden or allotment in winter and offers his advice for getting the most from your crop. Photography Andrew Montgomery