Seed saving

It’s a simple and effective way to grow more of your favourite flowers for free next year

Editor and resilient-gardening expert Kim Stoddart explains how to save money and boost future results with the seed harvest this autumn

In September the garden is brimming with seeds – poppies, eryngiums, geraniums, lunarias, sanguisorbas, salvias, corydalis, sanguisorbas, gillenias and most of the grasses. Everything is there, just w

There’s something really magical about saving your own seeds. These tiny parcels holding life will grow and expand into new plants. It of course saves money too and my garden was made on a small budge

Saving your own seeds saves you money, helps you continue to grow important or favourite varieties, preserves links with the past and means you can share your seeds with others. But more importantly,

The change of seasons from summer to autumn brings a riotous display of colour to the garden from late flowering perennials, jewel-coloured berries and leaves on the turn. If the weather is kind, whic