Make a bed or border from scratch

A heavenly flower border is a work of art, a living composition in which colour themes are finely balanced to wax and wane through the seasons

Colour-drench your plot all summer using a shrewd selection of splashy bedding plants

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

1 When choosing the plants for a cottage garden border, start with a selection of herbaceous perennials that will come back year after year. Choose varieties that are also attractive to pollinators, s

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

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