Learn to love the dim and shadowy corners of your plot – without the harsh glare of the sun’s spotlight, you can build an environment rich in texture, gentle colour and seasonal interest

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Turn a shady corner into a lush, wildlife-rich woodland garden this April by working with nature

Purple punctuates the planting: here an acer, verbena and some pinky-purple crinum, or swamp lily, stand out

Professor Buczacki is a borticultural expert, weiter and former chair of Gardeners Question Time

In December 1997, we moved from a tiny London garden to our new home, Old Park Barn in Buckinghamshire. It was daunting – a huge leap of faith from gardening in an urban courtyard to essentially an ov