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KNOW YOUR ROOTS

Maincrop roots are a staple of autumn and, with care, should last well into winter too. Don't miss your opportunity to start them! Benedict Vanheems shares his tips to keep the larder stocked with nourishing, home-grown roots

A GARDEN FOR EVERYONE!

This month Hannah Reid shares her experience of redesigning a garden for those with a range of disabilities and how it has benefited them

A NEW kitchen garden!

Martin Fish has been busy sowing, planting and keeping an eye out for pests, while Jill has been making pancakes to have with a delicious strawberry compote

PREDATORS ON YOUR PLOT

Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld explores the range of beneficial predators that you can encourage into your garden, keeping pests at bay

Just how much food?

Top organic gardening influencer Huw Richards explains how to maximise the pickings from growing spaces big and small

SOMETHING FOR THE WINTER

This month 'squashbuckler' Rob Smith takes a look at winter squash varieties - old, new, coming soon and something different with advice on sowing, growing, harvesting and storing

ROOM TO GROW

We meet Rhiannon Alcock from Devon, whose plot provides a place to relax and learn. It also inspired a wonderful community project growing produce for local food banks

Digging for tomorrow

Encouragement to grow your own is being passed on to the next generation, as Sally Clifford discovered when she visited a former Dig for Victory site in the historic city of York

PICK STRAWBERRIES - FOR HOME-GROWN FLAVOUR

When it comes to getting value for money and the best flavour, strawberries are hard to beat, says fruit expert David Patch

Your greenhouse guide to A fruitful summer

Get the best from your greenhouse fruit and vegetable crops this summer, with these tried and trusted growing tips from Adam Frost

HEAVEN SCENT

As summer adds a new dimension to his garden, Nigel Slater reflects on the rewards of planting for perfume

Colour therapy

Ann-Maree Winter's joyful Australian garden became a place of solace and nurture in hard times

An edible garden in pots

Join Lucy Bellamy in creating an edible container garden for all seasons, as she harvests what's ripe now and starts later-season crops

Garden craft with kids

Fill the summer holidays with fun nature makes for kids, including botanical printed t-shirts, seed sowing in upcycled food containers and a hanging home for beneficial insects. Jaime Johnson and family show you how

Summertime at Sissinghurst

Ensuring Sissinghurst’s famous roses look fabulous throughout the season is one of the many tasks keeping head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team busy right now

Indoor plants, outdoor treats

Break the rules and give your house plants a summer holiday, with Michael Perry's mixed pot display ideas

Your wildlife month

The female will usually lay one clutch of up to eight eggs

Gardening for wellbeing

As the pressures of modern living bear down, our outside spaces can provide soothing respite for our minds and bodies, says Arit Anderson

YOUR PRUNING MONTH

The first few weeks of summer are a good time to get spring-flowering plants in shape. Follow Frances' guide for best results

PERFECT HARMONY

Rosarian Michael Marriott and TV producer Rosie Irving have very different ideas on gardening, but they have discovered the secret to sharing a single plot amicably

Make room for roses

Find inspiration in Stina Hasan's romantic rose-filled garden in the heart of East London

FRESH APPROACH

Colm Joseph’s design for this new garden, which surrounds a modern house within a heritage setting, uses clever planting to give a historic site a contemporary feel

Faith in the future

Marian Boswall's contemporary design for the garden of a former chapel respects the property's history while looking to the future

SUMMERFLOWERING ALLIUMS

Loved for their showy spheres, alliums have long been stalwarts of late spring, but now new introductions are extending the party through summer

Container of the month

Celebrate the sun with aromatic Mediterranean herbs, light-catching foliage and spires of violet flowers

Stars of the show

Agapanthus is the perfect midsummer plant, flowering with spectacular blooms from June onwards and, as Monty explains, it loves to grow in a pot

Secrets of a COLOURFUL GARDEN

Using a colour theme is an easy way to give any garden a strong, unified character - Nick Bailey shows you how

30 plants with interest all year

These hard-working plants provide several seasons of interest in your garden through flowers, fruit, foliage, bark and even spring shoots

STEPS TO SUCCESS

Enclosed within a rustic barn conversion, this courtyard garden contrasts riotous Mediterranean-inspired gravel planting with clean lines and a reflective pool

ANNIE GUILFOYLE

The garden polymath on the pleasures of passing on knowledge, the rewards of close observation and the circuitous route towards grounding her itchy feet