Plants for dyeing: part 1

Award-winning designer, TV broadcaster and best-selling author who makes the ordinary extraordinary

There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

In an extract from her new book, The Productive Garden , Stephanie Hafferty explains how to save money and use traditional wisdom for homemade nasties-free loveliness

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to allow plants to grow a little wilder for greater all-weather protection

Soil conditions and frost risk mean patience is essential

Skip the supermarket and see how easy it is to grow the most nutritious crops for heart, brain and immunity health, right on your own doorstep