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Geoff Hodge cuts through the undergrowth to help you choose a pair of loppers

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

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Ten years after creating his much lauded Oudolf Field for Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, Dutch designer Piet Oudolf has returned to the gallery in Bruton with a new planting plan to revitalise its courtyar

As the growing season comes to an end, many shrubs and trees will benefit from a judicious prune to keep them in good shape, to prevent them from outgrowing their space and to promote new blooms. Inve