Traditionalcountry garden

Butterflies have been having a tough time of it, says Joe Swift — so make your garden a place they’ll be happy to call home

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

Gardening with wildlife in mind is key in this walled garden, which includes a wide variety of plants to benefit pollinators in every season

They’re so pretty – and the pollinators will thank you with their buzzing presence, helping your garden thrive all season long!

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

To garden successfully we need to work with nature and not against it – and that includes planting for wildlife. This doesn’t have to be dedicating a whole new area – but, in fact, growing ornamentals