Letting nature survive and thrive

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

This gorgeous garden was given a new lease of life when a pest-ravaged lawn was replaced with naturalistic planting

I feel like I’m in a novel. It’s high summer and I am strolling through the kitchen garden (a grand renaming of my tiny raised beds that suits my mood) in a frock (impractical, but ditto mood), collec

FACED WITH AN UNINSPIRING SPACE, NICOLA SET TO WORK TRANSFORMING IT TO CREATE A GARDEN PACKED WITH LIFE, COLOUR AND COMFY SEATING

Finella Davenport A suburban garden in Cheshire ...

Your hard work in the garden is paid back this month – but keep on pruning and planting to enjoy even more fruits from your labour