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This is a listing of interesting gardening articles by a variety of expert garden designers and writers - from how to start from scratch with a garden to how to make the most of it when you sell it on to another owner.

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Glorious winter planting

By garden designer Charlie Bloom. It’s coming to the end of the season and September is the month that hails a goodbye to full summer and hello to the onset of autumn. It is also the ideal month to plant out winter interest plants and bedding schemes as the ground is still warm and frosts are still a few months away, this gives the plants some time to establish before winter. Here some of my favourites.

The Potager: Gardening from the past, made for the future

By garden designer Charlie Bloom. A Potager by definition is an "ornamental kitchen garden", its intrinsic beauty being that it is both practical and aesthetically pleasing.

10 plants for shade

By garden designer Jill Anderson. Jill gives advice about selecting plants for shade and how to help them thrive.

Container planting combinations
By London garden designer Claudia de Yong. Thinking about planting some containers? Here are some combination ideas for you.
VIDEO - A great planting combination for a sunny position
By Andrew McIndoe of Hillier Nurseries. Three shrubs that go very well together!


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