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Gardening and landscape design ideas to help you make the most of your outdoor living space.

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Jobs to do in the garden in November

As fireworks light up the sky, enjoy an explosion of colour on the ground too, with November delivering a sparkling finale to the season.

Pretty red flowers in a garden pot | Jonathan Buckley

Gardening

Bloomin' good reads: the best gardening books of 2024

We leaf through our selection of the best horticultural books of 2024 to bring you the pick of the crop.

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Gardening

How to overwinter geraniums – with tips from Monty Don

Expert tips on how to ensure your geraniums and pelargoniums return next year.

Gardening

How and when to prune apple trees for bumper crops

Tips from the gardening experts on when and how to prune apple trees.

Forcing indoor bulbs so they bloom at Christmas makes a beautiful addition to any festive decoration

Houseplants

Christmas in bloom: Forcing indoor bulbs for the festive season

If you plant and force indoor bulbs now, such as hyacinths and amaryllis, they will be blooming in time for Christmas.

Close-up of Red Robin Photinia hedge with many red leaves on springtime | Getty/saraTM

Gardening

The best privacy hedges

8 types of hedging that look great year round and give you privacy in your garden.

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Colourful winter bedding plant ideas

Nine of the best winter-flowering bedding plants to add colour and cheer to your garden.

Gardening

The best winter-flowering perennials for colour and scent

Our expert's choice of the best shrubs and perennial flowers to give your winter garden colour and fragrance.

Garden wildlife

The quick window safety tip to help save British birds

Every year millions of birds die as a result of flying into glazing. A simple act can change that.

Gardening

When and how to prune lavender

Lavender is a garden favourite but needs pruning to keep it in shape. We ask the experts how and when to prune lavender to help it thrive.

Gardening

Wimbledon's head gardener shares his planting tips

If you love the beautiful planting on display at this year's Wimbledon, check out these 'ace' tips from head gardener Martyn Falconer

Gardening

The lawn watering mistake that could kill your grass for good

You may think you're doing the right thing, but this lawn-watering mistake could be fatal

Gardening

Our top 5 autumn lawn care tips

Autumn lawn care tips: how to scarify, aerate and over-seed your grass.

Garden wildlife

The green woodpecker

The unmistakeable green woodpecker is one of the most striking birds you may be lucky enough to spot in your garden.

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