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How to choose roses and keep them disease-free. And NO chemicals involved
Building up a planting plan for your borders
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The New Romantic Garden - it's Publication Day!
Why I wrote it, and an extract
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What do you do when you have impossible garden neighbours? And a planting recipe
Where the Wild Things Are: creating a garden design in the most unromantic of gardens
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Small Garden Design - Week 9
Deciding how much space each area needs
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Container ideas for February - easy garden colour right now
Heading your way - a tiny spring bulb and a symbol of survival
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Small Garden Design - Week 8: is your garden ‘believable’?
Plus: a final chance to win two tickets to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, snowdrop walks and a jolly good musical
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How to beat the slugs this year
Forewarned is forearmed
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How to garden in February
Let’s gather up a bit of get up and go. And it's Imbolc.
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January 2025

How to use irises in the garden
How to use irises in the garden with four different planting combination ideas, and a peek into my new book:
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Don’t let January get you down - I have a solution
An excuse to put more decorations up, and biscuits for breakfast
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Small garden design - Week 7 : How to bring magic, mystery and romance into your garden
Demystifying the design principles, making your garden really 'work'. And garden notebooks.
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How to choose dahlias - making it easy
Two minutes of dahlia ideas
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