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Gales wreak havoc in the garden

PEAT-FREE PUSH LAUNCHES • Industry rolls out initiatives to better inform the public on peat use in growing media, reports Ian Hodgson

The £1,850 snowdrop that triggered tears!

HOW DO VARIOUS COMPOSTS RATE WITH SUSTAINABILITY?

Britain in Bloom returns

NEW FOR THE GARDEN

STORMS WREAK HAVOC • Successive gales have felled millions of trees across the UK, reports Ian Hodgson

Get Planting! • Plants to get in the ground right away...

Easy steps to growing

The natural GARDENER • Green up your front garden

SMALL WAYS TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

Your garden GEMS! • Top gardening tips from our readers

TOP TIP!

WIN!

Abuzz with life • This Rutland garden is always filled with plenty of sound and movement

Garden OF THE WEEK

Four of Sarah’s favourite plants

Top tips

SUMMER BULBS FOR THE BIGGEST WOW! • Invest in high drama plants that require little work!

A shocker for shade!

Snazzy gladioli collection

Get to know your soil pH • Understand the conditions in your garden to grow the best plants

Fun ways with STATEMENT SUCCULENTS

Living roof

Pallet planter

TOP TIPS TO GREAT SUCCULENTS

Brilliant blue BEAUTIES • You can never have too many bulbs for colourful blooms in a range of tones

Handsome hellebores

My gardening DIARY

Over the FENCE

REPOT ORCHIDS • Keep them growing and healthy with just a little care now

Meet the team • Every week our team of experts guide you through what can be done in the garden now.

STEP BY STEP

GROW ALPINES • They’re perfect to plant in raised beds or troughs

STEP BY STEP

THE LILY LOWDOWN! • Whether you want scent, size or colour – or all of it – there’s a form perfect for your plot

How to use them in pots

PRUNE AUTUMN RASPBERRIES • A chop now is essential to make way for new fruiting growth

STEP BY STEP

CHITTING POTATOES FOR THE SHOWS • I’ve narrowed down my potato selection to three varieties

Don’t be fooled by early spring! • Jack Frost is still about but we can make a start with some sowings

A NEW FRUIT TO TRY!

Warming creamy pumpkin soup

KEEP ON TOP OF THE COSTS • Stay on budget by doing the right work at the right time and being plant savvy!

SPRING IS ON ITS WAY! • But first an exciting delivery means we’re all stocked up on useful mushroom compost

Top trick to get great parsnips

Give dahlias a great start • Get them going into growth now to prepare for the season ahead

Dave Gillam

THE PROBLEM SOLVER

FOUR MORE WAYS TO GARDEN WITHOUT CHEMICALS

Quick QUESTIONS

Pick of the POST

A brighter future for Scottish allotments

Best of this weeks social media posts

Get in touch! #GNREALGARDENS

Stunning salvia collection

Vibrant acers for year-round beauty

Save £5 on these colourful climbers

The Stem branches out! • Horticultural things that have caught our eye this week...

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