Liven up your walls

If your idea of a dream garden is one where you spend time sitting down enjoying it, you need our guide to low-maintenance gardening...

If you can’t paint your garden walls or fence, you can still add interest by using outdoor textiles to inject some colour and pattern. Dig out tester pots or leftover paint to jazz up plain planters.

Whether you want a stylish display on a patio or fancy trying your hand at growing veggies, these planter ideas will perk up your outdoor space

Isabelle Palmer is an expert when it comes to using containers to turn small balconies and patios into something fabulously floral. Here, she advises us on how to team plants and planters to create different looks

Design solutions

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