Life's A Picnic

Weekend tips 30.08.08

Preparations for autumn

Vegging out

A horticulturalist can’t enjoy a holiday with the same abandon as everybody else

The goodness of green manure

Green manure can save a fortune on compost – and there’s one for every soil type

Garden cuttings

Wormald's Week

It is time to sort out the autumn-flowering bulbs and evergreen hedges

Gardeners are harvesting their own seeds

As self-sufficiency gains cool cachet, more gardeners are growing plants from their own seeds

Owning an allotment

When Joe Swift acquired an allotment, his toughest battle would be to win the respect of fellow plot-holders

Weekend tips

Sprucing up compost bins and taming loosestrife

Vegging out

Showing off your vegetable garden may not be as interesting as you think

The best in garden lights

Tool test: Wolf Pruning Saw

Our expert is impressed with design of the sword - but watch out for your fingers

Ten things you need to know about Eucryphia

Jane Owen explains why the fresh, white flowers of the Eucryphia tree are a welcome midsummer boon

The appliance of science

The Gloucestershire garden of a biologist turned landscape designer is a tribute to the cosmic laws of the universe. It’s out of this world

Wormald's Week

Autumn crocus, lavender and rose bushes are on the agenda

Wendy Holden's grand Victorian garden

How novelist Wendy Holden unearthed a passion for plants she never knew she had

Ten things you need to know about dieramas

Jane Owen extols the virtues of the elegant Angel’s Fishing Rod

Ten things you need to know about leatherjackets

Jane Owen gets to grips with this lawn pest

Turn your garden into a secluded haven

Trees, shrubs and climbers are an attractive and practical way to protect your garden from prying eyes

Garden cuttings

Wormald's Week: Gardening week

Take softwood cuttings from pelargoniums now