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The constant gardener

As the earth warms and frosts are fewer, Benjamin Pope throws off the woollens and brings out young plants from under glass, ready to brighten beds, borders and containers

Natural development

Over a period of 20 years, designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd has been developing the gardens of this Berkshire home

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Waste not, want not

Informed by the ethos of permaculture, an edible forest garden sits easily in the Cornish landscape, despite a maverick planting palette

All things great and small

From the towering and the statuesque to the miniature and the understated, Jenny Barnes creates three displays to suit a variety of settings

Pure and simple

Designer Sheila Jack’s sparing use of colour in her own city garden transforms a partially shaded space into a luminous oasis of calm, just when she needs it at the end of a busy day

Plant profile: Nepeta

A classic, romantic, cottage-garden favourite, catmint is surprisingly robust, and possesses an essential quality for our times – drought-tolerance