Mordern gardens

Matthew Appleby looks at the new plants, on-trend colours and gardening fashions that may make 2025 a year to remember

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

It’s now 25 years since the Millennium Seed Bank opened at Kew’s wild botanical garden Wakehurst. In that time it has logged more than 2.5 billion seeds from more than 40,000 wild plants. This summer,

Your hard work in the garden is paid back this month – but keep on pruning and planting to enjoy even more fruits from your labour

Advice and inspiration with Nige Eaton, horticulture expert at Moss & Moor, Ilkley