Clear finished sweet peas

Saving seed from your garden is the ultimate in foraging – a free and exciting method of increasing your favourite plants year after year

It pays to prepare your flower display now for 2026 – and 2027!

Save seeds from the heads of grasses that may not survive the winter. Ornamental grasses such as pennisetum are marginally tender and particularly susceptible to frost damage when grown in heavy soil.

When a friend came to visit recently she loved all the colour in our flower garden but she took one look at the veg garden and said, “Ah, food!” There’s nothing better than harvesting delicious fresh

Select good garden ‘doers’ that bring interest to your plot for many months

Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks