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.

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ABUNDANT BORDER BEAUTIES

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THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

WATER VOLE WATCHERS NEEDED

Celebrate the solstice

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BOOSTING PLANTING • Do something wonderful for pollinators and improve your wellbeing with wildlife-friendly planting. Sue Fisher has a host of colourful suggestions

FAST Brilliantly BLOOMERS • From sunflowers to calendula, there are some spectacularly quick-growing flowers that will add zing to your summer garden and draw in plenty of pollinators

Desirable DIGITALIS • New seed strains and perennial types are extending the remit of foxgloves as simply a cottage garden flower, says Sue Fisher

June • Rampant summer growth makes this a time of plenty in the garden. Stake floppy plants and trim back vigorous shrubs and perennials

PUMP OUT THE PERFUME!

It’s time to take DIANTHUS CUTTINGS

Paint a picture with pastels for POLLINATORS • This nectar-rich palette of sumptuous flowers creates a beautiful spectacle and a feast for beneficial insects

Managing MINI-MEADOWS • Adrian Thomas explains how to create and look after these oases for wildlife in your very own garden

LOVE IN AWARM CLIMATE • This diverse plot on the south coast brims with borders and containers, all cared for by one devoted gardener

AGARDEN TO ESCAPE TO • Soft curves, flowing lines and rounded rose arches are the key to success in this quintessential cottage garden in Cambridgeshire

A wondrous national treasure • With intimate corners, sweeping lawns, grand terraces and verdant woodland, historic Bodnant in the foothills of Snowdonia in North Wales is many gardens in one

MAKE YOUR GARDEN Beautiful

Welcome to my lovely plot • June, oh June, you’re like the most sparkly golden hour of the year!

Sow and grow ‘Scarlet’ and ‘Nero di Toscana’ kale • Kale is the trendy superfood that is super easy to grow and tastes delicious

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

Q&A

Boosting your bulbs

Top of the flops

VEG BED CARE

All set for fruit

Boxing clever

Plant phenomenon

GardenRESCUE • Shrubs take time to get established, says Ian Hodgson. Here are some shortcuts to improve privacy

Save water with STATEMENT STORAGE

Over to you!

Tantalising tulips &pretty primulas

COLOURFUL ORNAMENTAL GRASS COLLECTION • Get garden interest for months on end with fabulous grasses

TERRIFIC PENSTEMON COLLECTION • These pollinator-boosting, popular delights are so easy to grow and last for months

COMPETITION Win these gardening goodies • Enter this month’s crossword for a chance to win a £50 voucher for the Hillier online gardening shop

Using all five senses • Dan’s very own little pests are helping him view his garden from a fresh perspective