Garden Answers

Garden Answers is a vibrant and inspiring gardening magazine filled with ingenious design ideas and exciting plant combinations guaranteed to make your garden beautiful.

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Celebrate LASTING COLOUR • Fewer, lighter frosts in our autumns mean late-flowering plants have much more staying power. Take advantage of their persistance to enjoy bright, long-lasting colour even as the days grow short

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MONEY-WISE Gardening • As we’re all tightening our purse strings, here are 30 ways to save money and keep gardens thriving

Good enough TO EAT • Pretty and practical potager gardens combine beauty and deliciousness – and the style is easier to create than you might think

Get hooked on HEUCHERA • With a tidal wave of new cultivars, heuchera is one of our most popular perennials for winter colour, says Sue Fisher

November • It’s time to begin the garden tidy up, but don’t leave borders bare and featureless. Now’s the time to plant tulips and evergreens as well as protecting plants and pots from cold and wet weather

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BURNISHED SEED HEADS • Add bronzed, beautiful plants to create structure and warmth

Green up your BOUNDARIES • Adrian Thomas explores how hedges can help create a better garden, for you and for wildlife

“We wanted a dreamscape” • Transformed over four decades, this romantic wild garden echoes the wider Cornish landscape beloved by owners Claire and Mark Woodbine

“This garden has seen our family through ups and downs” • A cosy outdoor retreat nestled within a woodland landscape has provided a place of refuge for owners Alison and Karl Murphy

SEE GRASSES COME ALIVE • The Long Walk at Knoll Gardens is a swaying, stunning sea of late-season ornamental grasses in late autumn

Life on the VEG PATCH • Fallen leaves are like gold for your veg plot, so make good use of them. Plus it’s a good time to sow garlic and broad beans

Renovate your RHUBARB • Rhubarb clumps can get congested and unproductive after a few years, but dividing plants this month will give them a new lease of life

Ask the Experts • Our experts will help you get the best from your garden

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Q&A • Can I prevent plum grubs? How do I get rid of ground elder? Read on...

Design Solutions • Create calm with greenery, trickling water and a labyrinth, says Sara Edwards

CLOCHES • Perfect for protecting plants from the cold, cloches come in a range of forms. Geoff Hodge explains what to look for

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Win these gardening goodies! • Enter this month’s crossword and you could win one of five sets of Town & Country large tidy bag + gloves worth £23.98 each! Entry form is overleaf

“A pond is a window into the wildlife world” • A year in to creating his wildlife-friendly garden, Rupert Paul has added the most rewarding feature