Preparing new beds and borders

Add drama to your garden with potted exotics. Soak the plant, in its original pot, in some not-too-cold water. Then move the new, empty, pot into position; this saves you doing so when it’s full of he

Garden Organic’s research manager Dr Anton Rosenfeld shows you how to better appreciate your weeds and explains how they can signify garden conditions

Get plants acclimatised outside to prepare them and then sit back and watch them deliver a dazzling display!

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

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer and former chair of Gardeners' Question Time

Be shingle minded and transform your space into a drought-tolerant, easy-to-maintain paradise