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.

Welcome

Meet the Contributors • “This month in the garden I’ll be…”

Celebrate GOLDEN AUTUMN RAYS • Shine a light on late bloomers that make the most of autumn warmth before the first frosts arrive

Be inspired by… • Plants, books, events & buys for the month

Avian inspiration • It’s the time of year when birds and humans need nourishment – from tea to suet!

NEWS

Wish list • Chrysanthemums symbolise a long and happy life and these beautiful hardy varieties flower into November, long after other plants have gone over

WIN A SET OF SEEDBALL HERB TUBES WORTH £30!

Great balls of fire • Can you ID these orange berries & seeds brightening gardens and hedgerows in autumn? Answers on page 12

What’s on…

30-minute makes

Book of the month

Drama and TEXTURE • When flowers are few and far between, a winter garden needs other elements to make it shine and one of those is texture, says Louise Curley

A humble HORTICULTURAL HERO • Hedges are often overlooked when it comes to designing a garden but these beautiful, practical living structures are a haven for wildlife, says Louise Curley

VEG THAT’S FIT FOR THE FUTURE • Heritage veg could be the answer to the climate and food crisis

Dazzle with NERINES • Bring a touch of autumn magic to sunny borders with showstopping nerines and amarines, says Sue Fisher

November • It’s time to prepare your gardens for winter, get busy making seasonal hanging baskets, take hardwood cuttings… to list just a few gardening jobs

ADD ORNAMENTAL BERRIES! • Berries create much-needed colour and interest through winter as other plants fade

It’s time to take ROOT CUTTINGS • Increase stock of fleshy-rooted plants such as oriental poppies, anemones and verbascum

Create drama with ICE QUEENS • Silvery hues and muted colours are given an extra dash of pizzazz when coated in frost

Turning around the fortunes of GARDEN BIRDS • Adrian Thomas shines a spotlight on garden birds in decline, and how we can give them a boost

POWERED BY SUNSHINE • Once a windswept sea of ‘terrible’ mud, today it’s an eco-friendly garden full of colour and wildlife. Liz Potter explores

A GARDEN OF SURPRISES • This formerly bland, grassy plot has been transformed into a calming forest glade by a keen gardener with a taste for exotic plants, writes Fiona Cumberpatch

A Victorian garden design masterpiece • Travel from Italy to the Egyptian pyramids, via China, in the quirky and playful Biddulph Grange Gardens in Staffordshire

Gift yourself or a friend the joy of gardening

Welcome to my Lovely Plot • There’s nothing wrong with a bit of wonky veg!

PLANT A WINTER HANGING BASKET • Hanging baskets are the perfect way to create a pop of colour to welcome you home at any time of year

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

Q&A • Why don’t epimediums flower? Is black-leaved elder turning green? Read on…

Garden RESCUE • October is the perfect time for pink-flowering plants, says Ian Hodgson. Add ferns and grasses for contrast

ALL THINGS NEAT & TIDY • Geoff Hodge looks at products to help you deal with all those fallen leaves quickly and easily

FIRE & ICE

Over to you!

Garden Answers

CASCADES OF COLOUR • Instantly add colour to your home and garden with these ready-to-hang baskets – all the hard work has been done for you!

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