Your pruning month

Autumn and winter tend to be the seasons when the structure of a garden is most appreciated. Frost picks out the shapes of evergreen shrubs and hedging, and sun pierces through a filigree of bare bran

Advice and inspiration with Nige Eaton , horticulture expert at Moss & Moor, Ilkley

Sue Bradley rustles up some enticing ways to enable you to enjoy, and benefit from, your garden over the months ahead

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

It’s time to begin the garden tidy up, but don’t leave borders bare and featureless. There’s opportunities to plant bulbs in pots, borders and lawns, sow sweet peas and take evergreen cuttings

Toby explains how plants and trees set up natural defences and outlines what we can do to help