Gardens

Monika Barry, head gardener at the National Trust’s Ham House and Garden in Richmond, talks autumn colours and the joy of an allotment

IF your garden is anything like mine, most of the borders and pots have peaked by this time, shifting from full-on florals to fading foliage. There are a few late-to-the-party dahlias, the cosmos are

It may be September but there’s plenty of life in the garden yet!

Vibrant shades that bring warmth and sunshine to the garden

Lift your spirits and your landscape with easy pops of colour in any border

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