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

I love growing summer flowers from seed for my cutting garden and to fill gaps in borders and containers to bloom all season on my patio and garden table. I sow hardy and half-hardy annuals alongside

Presenter and garden designer Mark Lane shares his top picks for thrifty gardeners – easy to propagate, low maintenance and they’ll put on a fabulous floral show

Gather armloads of blooms this summer with a picking garden

WITH SPRING AROUND THE CORNER, START GROWING SOME SEEDS FROM SCRATCH NOW TO ENSURE A PLANT-PACKED SUMMER GARDEN

When I was brought up in a tiny village in Hampshire in the 1950s and 60s, even the smallest cottages had gardens big enough for large vegetable plots. I remember one January day walking into a neighb