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Find out how you can create an illusion of space and light in pocket-sized town gardens with selective planting and design know-how.
Read more...September 2008Use vibrant plants to brighten up the shady parts of your garden.
Read more...August 2008Grow the ingredients for a summer drinks party and make sensational cordials and cocktails.
Read more...July 2008Grow the plants that make summer drinks sensational, and try these classic cocktail recipes using ingredients straight from the garden.
Read more...July 2008During the working week, most people can enjoy their gardens only at the end of the day. Make your garden an inviting space in which you can relax, recharge and engage all your senses.
Read more...July 2008The ultimate luxury for the back garden is a summerhouse. Forget functional home office, think frivolous retreat.
Read more...July 2008Choose the right plants and your garden will look sensational whatever your lifestyle.
Read more...June 2008The best way to grow lavender is to crowd it together, show it the sun and turn your back on it.
Read more...June 2008With fantastic offers on gardening tools, exotic plants, an inspiring flower book and a garden aroma candle, there are giveaways galore.
Read more...May 2008Now even the Royal Horticultural Society boffins agree that, for London gardeners, shortcuts and quick fixes are the answer. Find out how to plan a garden - and still have time for cocktails.
Read more...April 2008You might have a small city garden but you can still think big.
Read more...March 2008Do you walk past a terrific front garden on your way to work? Is there a flower-filled balcony in your street that makes you smile? The search is on to find London's green corners - patches of ground gardened by Londoners that make the city a brighter place to live in as well as help improve its biodiversity. Get your entries in - the closing date is 24 August.
Read more...July 2007Bring some big-city style to your garden with these super-sophisticated buys.
Read more...July 2007The owner of a small, dark two-level basement back yard wanted a garden that provided privacy, usable entertaining space and areas for decorative planting.
Read more...May 2007Few of us have the luxury of a large garden, but no matter what space you have, there is always room for climbing plants.
Read more...May 2007Find out how to create a warm, rustic and earthy Mediterranean-style garden.
Read more...May 2007Give your garden a romantic Victorian feel with white, cream and intricate metal detailing.
Read more...February 2007