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A few benefits to the drought!

CALL TO RAISE PLANT PROFILES! • Wine ‘gets greater promotion on mainstream TV than new plants’, reports Ian Hodgson

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GARDEN helpers! • Your companions that make gardening special

Holding the high ground! • Creating this cliffside coastal garden has been a daunting but rewarding prospect for two quick-learning gardeners

CREATE A BUDGET WILDLIFE POND • For very little outlay you can give a border a boost by installing a thriving, biodiverse water feature

Grow your own chocolate garden! • Add some sweet scent to your plot with blooms and leaves that look good enough to eat!

GIVE YOUR GARDEN A HEALTH MOT • Keep an eye out for pests and disease in high summer so your plants stay healthy and thriving

Pots of pretty PLEASURE • Containers offer us an added dimension of beautiful planting

Over the FENCE

GIVE WISTERIA A SUMMER PRUNE • A biannual chop keeps it healthy and blooming

REPOT ORCHIDS • Freshen up prized houseplants so they thrive for many more years

PLANT A SHADY RETREAT! • When the sun’s rays are beating down it pays to find a naturally cooler spot

SOW SOME CATCH CROPS • Weave fast growers among long-term crops for more efficient harvests

It pays to leave parsley! • Let it flower so it brings in the hoverflies to keep aphids at bay

Delicious rhubarb and raspberry crumble cake

Getting ready for blooms • Watering and feeding are crucial at this time of year as plants come into bud

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