Collect seeds from plants

Collecting seeds is satisfying, pocket friendly and fun

In September the garden is brimming with seeds – poppies, eryngiums, geraniums, lunarias, sanguisorbas, salvias, corydalis, sanguisorbas, gillenias and most of the grasses. Everything is there, just w

Editor and resilient-gardening expert Kim Stoddart explains how to save money and boost future results with the seed harvest this autumn

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

There’s something really magical about saving your own seeds. These tiny parcels holding life will grow and expand into new plants. It of course saves money too and my garden was made on a small budge

Get ahead of the game for next year by sowing seeds now, says Joe Swift — and save yourself a fortune