Canny companion planting

Andrew Oldham is busy bringing together vegetables and flowers to make the most of a sloping site

To garden successfully we need to work with nature and not against it – and that includes planting for wildlife. This doesn’t have to be dedicating a whole new area – but, in fact, growing ornamentals

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

The crucial keys for a healthy plot are perfectly simple and will make a world of difference!

On a busy street in a small town in south Devon, there’s a secret door. I tentatively open it, head into what feels like a tunnel and then up some steps... into a pocket of magic. It’s an urban garden

A close observation of the season’s cycles and respect for ecology have been the guiding principles in the development of the garden at Highlands, in the High Weald of East Sussex