Thin peaches

Neatly trained fruit trees enable you to pack more produce into your garden, offering fresh-picked flavours paired with stylish horticultural design

A gentle stroll round the garden in June allows you to marvel at our precious pollinators as they meticulously work each flower, gathering sweet nectar for energy and colourful, protein-packed pollen.

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

Early-blooming shrubs need a good chop back now to give them time to rejuvenate over the summer months

✔ Use any spare growing space for successional sowings of fast-growing radishes. I like ‘Rainbow Mix’, as you get a lucky-dip surprise when harvesting them for salads or roasting as a BBQ side dish. ✔

Pruning. There are so many different ways, and all seem so complicated! But we’ve put this handy guide together to get you started. In a nutshell, pruning improves the health and vigour of your fruit