How do i control ivy and ground elder?

Bringing order from chaos is fundamental to gardening, especially after the summer holidays, so get stuck in, says Joe Swift

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer ...

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

When a mature eucalyptus suddenly fell in this Dundee garden, the space was transformed into a plot filled with painterly perennial plantings

Mimic their natural behaviour and get them going now to flower in spring

Allowing plants to fend for themselves without staking builds resilience and creates relaxed billowing borders in this windswept autumn garden