Don’t wait for summer to realise your garden’s not up to scratch. The best time to sort your green space is now

Louise Curley celebrates spring’s homegrown and low-carbon blooms, showing how to pick for months and arrange them in garden-gathered style

This month! 68 Around the garden 73 Flowers 77 Pruning 81 Adam’s essentials 83 House plants 84 Back to basics 86 Greenhouse 89 Wildlife 90 Fruit & veg Toward the end of March, as pond water starts to

Make more plants this month by dividing perennials, sowing hardy annuals and planting summer bulbs

Gather armloads of blooms this summer with a picking garden

Just £10 per pack of 12 plants