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Spring into action
Spring is a key time for all kinds of crucial garden jobs like pruning and preventative slug measures,
Top TEN Classic tulips
For simple elegance plus a vast variety of colours and colour combinations, choose classic tulips,
Room for a view
Stefano Marinaz has created year-round interest in this small urban garden, providing spaces to share with friends and with wildlife
Sow where they grow
Sowing seeds where they are to grow is an easy, bother-free way to bring colour to your garden. Here, three experts recommend their favourite flowers for growing direct
Natural selection
At Twelve Nunns Nursery in Lincolnshire, it has taken 20 years for three new erythroniums to be offered for sale
Flow of ideas
A creative meeting of minds has produced a dramatic spring garden of contrasts, with water at its heart
Add vertical interest with Border giants
Whatever your garden's style or size, towering plants are a must. Louise Curley recommends statuesque specimens guaranteed to take borders to new heights
The garden on three levels
Jan Mundy's garden in Usk has changed from a dark, sloping site to a contemporary outdoor space on three levels that's full of brightness and colour
Providing a balanced diet
Supplements can help plants to do their best
Walk on the wild side
Val looks at how a wild approach benefits wildlife
Focus on... Growing carrots
No kitchen garden would be complete without a crop of sweet and crunchy carrots.
Top Ten Bergenias
These hardy weed-suppressing plants provide flower and foliage colour in one valuable ground-covering perennial
Annual poppies
Poppies come in many colours, can be great for cutting and drying, and their unpredictability makes them fascinating to grow.
Get the best from asparagus
Asparagus is a perennial flowering plant species that may support a healthy gut, as well as help to lower blood pressure.
French connection
French connection One way to keep pests at bay is to grow French marigolds – but check they pass the smell test
Removing a tree stump
Steve and Val Bradley explain how to tackle tricky tree stumps
Salad days
As we start to feel the pinch, it's good to know there are crops that will come good again and again
Preparing for the pests
Think ahead and harness the power of nature
A glorious start to summer
These exotic climbers like a sunny spot, says Ruth
Greenhouse spring cleaning
I’ve washed ours and checked over the plants, says Ruth
Take basal shoot cuttings
Use young growth to make robust new plants, says Ruth
Repair lawns after winter
Ruth starts getting her lawn ready for summer
All about amphibians
Val looks at the lives of our declining frogs and toads
The new natives
Finding the right words for non-native plants is tricky: even native’ requires a fresh perspective, says Toby
CURRANTS SEASON BY SEASON
Versatile for the kitchen, easy to grow and unfussy where they sit, currants are an attractive soft fruit option, says David Patch
PLANNING FOR BIODIVERSITY
Looking to create a garden that encourages biodiversity but which is also productive? Becky Searle offers some valuable insights based on her own garden
SUCCESS WITH SEEDS!
Professional gardener and keen plotter Hannah Reid shares her top tips for getting your seeds and seedlings off to a great start
GROW YOUR OWN SPICE RACK
Bring a bit of spice into your life this month with Rob Smith's pick of some of his favourite herbs
TOP JOBS FOR APRIL
ESSENTIAL TASKS FOR YOUR VEG PATCH AND PROTECTED CROPS BY BEN VANHEEMS
BEETROOT UNCOVERED
Martin Fish reveals all about growing one of his favourite vegetables while Jill serves up some tasty beetburgers