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How to make your garden budget go further

Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive, as long as you know what you’re doing and plan ahead
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How do you stop a garden from looking too designed?

Naturalistic, informal gardens are here to stay, but even they require a guiding hand. Garden designer Tabi Jackson Gee explores how to keep things loose and relaxed
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What is chaos gardening and should we all be trying it?

This gardening trend is one for the rulebreakers – and anyone wanting to help the environment
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How to make a small garden feel bigger

In an extract from Your Outdoor Room, award-winning garden designer Manoj Malde reveals tricks of the trade that can help even the most compact urban plots seem much more spacious
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The most common garden design mistakes – and how to avoid them

Garden designer Lottie Delamain considers the mistakes gardeners are most likely to make when planning a new garden, and advises on how to avoid them
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The 11 garden design apps you need to know

These are the very best garden design apps to help you plan your garden digitally, from landscaping help to plant identification
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Now is the time to plant topiary - here's how to get it right

How to make topiary look tremendous – and, crucially, not twee
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How to create a natural swimming pond in your garden

Think wild swimming, but in your back garden – what more could you want? We spoke to Tim Evans of Gartenart about how to create a natural swimming pond in your garden
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A brief history of the walled garden and why they're a gardener's dream

Whether you've inherited a walled garden in need of some love, or want to create your own, this is what you need to know
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How to plant a Mediterranean garden

Drought-tolerant Mediterranean gardens are both beautiful and sustainable, the perfect option for a sunny spot. Lottie Delamain explains the advantages and sets out a planting scheme to copy