How to make your own leaf mould

With AG’s gardening expert Ruth Hayes

Editor and resilient-gardening expert Kim Stoddart shares natural methods to help you create a garden that is truly alive and full of hope and joy

Andrew Oldham explains how he has created a dappled, forest-inspired space and why it provides such wellbeing and wonder

Give your soil a boost with an easy, homegrown crop of organic matter

■ The Greenhouse Book by Tom Brown was published earlier this year and is full of advice on maintenance, plants to grow, pests and diseases and constructing your own greenhouse. (Dorling Kindersley, £

Amateur Gardening is proud to encourage its readers to work with nature. Sue Bradley discovers how increasing numbers of people are embracing organic methods of gardening