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Garden News is Britain's most trusted voice in gardening with practical and informative advice features from experts, including Carol Klein. Plus, the step-by-step guides and how to tips and tricks are easy to follow and will ensure your garden is at it's best - whatever the weather!

Let’s prepare for a hot summer!

GROWING SMALL! • BBC Gardeners’ World Live to show how tiny gardens can collectively help the environment, reports Ian Hodgson

Statement plants for colour and impact • Editor at large Ian Hodgson's pick of new bold-looking plants and a tried and tested favourite

GARDEN helpers ! • Your companions that make gardening special

A grand design • Creating a manageable garden around a Georgian rectory in rural Norfolk is an ongoing process for two keen gardeners

Create a gorgeous GRAVEL GARDEN • Be shingle minded and transform your space into a drought-tolerant, easy-to-maintain paradise

Give your plants support • Prop them up to make sure they stay perky all summer

GROW A GARDEN FULL OF FLAVOUR • Neil and Niamh Jones of the Kitchen Garden Plant Centre give their top tips for growing delicious herbs

Get new plants from CUTTINGS • It’s a hugely rewarding pursuit and not as complicated as some people fear

Over the FENCE

SORT OUT THE GREENHOUSE • Get all those little jobs done and dusted now so you can enjoy your plot

ADD A NEW SPRING SHRUB • Why not try an alkaline-tolerant rhododendron with spectacular blooms?

PLANT A SUMMER CONTAINER • Drought-tolerant succulent plants make for the perfect potted specimens

PLANT A POTTED BEAN COLLECTION • Pretty and productive, buy ready-grown plants to speed up harvests

Plotting and potting for success • Support, shelter and care are key to giving plants a strong start and getting healthy harvests

New potato ‘bubble and squeak’

Is it time to try something new? • For more unusual plants, here are some standout choices to consider

THE PROBLEM SOLVER

TEA BREAK • Weekly prize crossword

Pick of the POST

Grow gorgeous oleander for summer colour

Buy a fabulous fragrant lavender collection

Alluring Japanese anemones

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