Diary of the head gardener

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

It’s a time of plenty as your hard work is paying back this month – but it’s not too soon to look ahead to next year

Kari-Astri Davies considers the dynamic nature of the garden and awakens some tender sleeping beauties

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

With AG’s gardening expert Ruth Hayes