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Celebrate GOLDEN LIGHT • As September comes around the sun dips low, lighting feathery grasses and late flowers to beautiful effect. The golden light lends a mellow mood to the garden, especially in the evening. Take time to enjoy this atmospheric time of year

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Bridgewater wins top prize

Gather in the Harvest • Clever accessories to help you pick, pack and process your produce

Wish list

BEE BUS STOPS

NEW GREY SQUIRREL BIRTH CONTROL

STUDENT IDEA GERMINATES

FLOWER FESTIVAL

BIRD’S EYE APPLE VIEW

NATURE AND Wellbeing Study

STRESS-RELIEVING PALMS

Late season bloomers

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WIN A FLORAL VASE & JUG SET

Gardeners’ BOOKSHELF

30-minute makes • Create a memory of summer with this everlasting wreath.

Origami greenhouse

Get ahead with CUT FLOWERS • Start a cutting garden this month for an early and long-lasting season of beautiful bouquets next year. Louise Curley suggests some top plants to try

ABUNDANT ANNUALS

BEAUTIFUL BULBS

PRETTY PERENNIALS

Patch practicalities

Practical Prairies • Bring a flavour of the modern prairie style to your garden with vivid textural planting for late summer excitement

Landscaping the look

WHERE TO FIND INSPIRATION

Choose eye-catching COLCHICUMS • These late-summer favourites make delightful infill plants among shrubs and grasses, says Sue Fisher

September • Make the most of the end of summer to take cuttings and plant out biennials, while sowing seeds and getting ready to plant bulbs in good time for next year

LEAVE SEEDS AND FRUITS FOR BIRDS • Provide a natural autumn and winter food source for our feathered friends

Apply vine weevil control

Clean hard surfaces

SOW SWEET PEAS

Continue to water vulnerable plants

Split potted agapanthus

Return holidaying HOUSEPLANTS

Ease into late summer with ELEGANT PINKS

A GREENER GARDEN • Wildlife-friendly gardening helps achieve a holistic, greener approach, as Adrian Thomas explains

10 THINGS TO DO

“I wanted to make use of every bit of space we had!” • Clever adaptations to their exposed hillside plot allowed Helen and Mike Boothman to create a thriving lush garden

“I find gardening so beneficial for mindfulness” • Dividing their long, narrow, overgrown garden into three distinct areas has provided both enjoyment and education for Victoria Twyman and Mark McKown

Larch Cottage Nurseries AND GARDEN IMMERSED IN CREATIVITY • The Private Garden of Larch Cottage Nurseries is a journey into a fascinating and curious imagination

Enjoy Garden answers

Life on the VEG PATCH • Baskets are bulging with bountiful harvests and Jenny Thompson shares her tassell-tickling sweetcorn secrets

Sow mixed SALAD LEAVES • These crisp, crunchy and flavourful leaves benefit from September’s cooler growing conditions, and go on to make tasty cut-and-come-again harvests

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DIG DEEP for a spring spectacular • Geoff Hodge checks out tools to make bulb planting easier

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