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.

Welcome

Meet the Contributors • “This month in the garden I’ll be…”

Celebrate WILD, RICH & GLORIOUS BORDERS • As summer deepens, borders grow wilder, their untamed beauty full of charm. Fading blooms mingle with fresh ones, creating a rich, layered tapestry that hums with life, colour and quiet joy.

Be inspired by… • Plants, books, events & buys for the month

Shady days • Keep cool and relaxed on hot days with these handy ways to shade from harsh sun

KIDS GIVE GARDEN GAME A THUMBS UP

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Wish list • There are lots of tasty crops that can be started in August, either from seed, or look out for plug plants or ‘veg strips’ in your local nursery or garden centre

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What’s on…

Nursery rhymes • Can you work out the songs of your childhood that are connected to these plants?

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30-minute makes

Book of the month

Trailing jewels FUCHSIAS IN FULL FLAIR • As midsummer’s stars begin to fade, fuchsias take centre stage with their elegant, enduring blooms. Louise Curley explores the surprising versatility and late-season charm of these overlooked garden jewels

Top 10 TERRIFIC TUMBLERS • Gardening writer Louise Curley picks 10 of the best tumbling plants to spill over edges, soften borders and bring relaxed charm to your garden

Light up the garden with RED-HOT POKERS • Striking kniphofia produce chunky flowers that illuminate the late-summer garden, says Sue Fisher

August • It’s time to collect seeds, give pollinators a treat and watch out for plants suffering from stress. Here’s our guide to staying on top of the main summer jobs

CREATE YOUR OWN NECTAR CAFÉ • Fill patio pots with summer favourites to provide a colourful bee-feeding zone

Learn how to recognise STRESSED PLANTS • By late summer, many garden plants are showing signs of stress. Here’s how to get them back on their feet

Plant your own fiery JUNGLE FANTASY • Indulge your sense of adventure by creating a sunny hot border with bold leaves and fiery flowers, says Helen Billiald

Small spaces BIG LIVING • Adrian Thomas shares creative and practical ideas for inviting wildlife and greenery into even the tiniest outdoor spaces, demonstrating that no garden is too small to be transformed into a thriving, natural haven

A living laboratory • Tim Carter’s nursery garden is full of late summer planting ideas for clay soil

Theatre in the garden • This jam-packed Essex plot allows each summer flower to take the limelight among abundant planting

A summer dream unfolding beautifully • This Sussex garden is a must-visit for plant-lovers and is packed to the borders with colour this month

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Welcome to my lovely plot • Saving the summer! Olga Grieves is busy gathering seeds and flowers before the season ends

Grow colourful SWISS CHARD ON THE PATIO • This fast, hardy crop can be easily grown in pots

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

Wilted wisteria • Can I stop aphid attack on pear tree? How do I deal with box blight? Read on…

Spoiled by sawfly

LAWNCARE

Snowball effect

Branching out

Pandora’s box?

HOW TO GET A GREENER… POND • Part of a thriving ecosystem and a peaceful haven, a pond can be the ultimate eco-friendly fixture in your garden

Know how TO MOW • Geoff...