Susie’s garden

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou

When a friend came to visit recently she loved all the colour in our flower garden but she took one look at the veg garden and said, “Ah, food!” There’s nothing better than harvesting delicious fresh

Even a small country garden can contain an ‘orchard’ of trees and shrubs, so you can fill your fruit bowl with home-grown apples, pears, plums and more

Getting children into gardening gives them so much. They learn about the cycle of life, where food comes from, about wildlife and being outside. Research shows that if children are involved in gardeni

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My flower borders are bright with hot colours in August and I love the richness of all those reds, oranges and yellows. Spring starts cool with blues and yellows, then it’s colourful tulip time, then