October we love

Are you hankering after a beautiful garden that is full of diversity but also one that isn’t a burden? If so, bombproof plants are the answer. These hard-working and reliable specimens will create a g

...Continued Watering the greenhouse plants Double the ...

A heavenly flower border is a work of art, a living composition in which colour themes are finely balanced to wax and wane through the seasons

For many gardeners, midsummer is the highlight of the year when bountiful borders brim with blowsy blooms jostling for space. But creating planting palettes that are both pleasing to the eye and feel

Use a palette of palest pastels for this jostling, flower-filled midsummer scheme, says Helen Billiald

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!