A garden can be tidy without feeling cared for. The lawn may have been cut. The weeds may have been removed. The hedge may be neat. Yet something can still feel slightly disconnected — as though a list of jobs has been completed without anyone considering the garden as a whole. A well-cared-for garden feels…
Five changes worth considering before the hot weather returns It is slightly unfair to start worrying about next summer just as this one finishes. But gardens work on longer timescales than weather forecasts. If a garden struggled through heat, drought or heavy rain this year, autumn gives us an opportunity to do something about it…
Five things worth noticing before you start trying to fix everything By late summer, a garden has stopped pretending. The lawn shows where it struggles. Plants reveal whether they like where they have been put. Dry areas become obvious. So do places where water sits for too long. Some borders are still full of life;…
