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Alan Titchmarsh: 'It came as a disappointment to Dad when I wanted to be a gardener, but he hid it well'
Alan Titchmarsh's father wasn't much of a gardener — but further back in his family tree were many green-fingered forbears, and he still uses many of their tools despite them being over a century old.
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City garden tips: 10 ways to bring a touch of English country garden to your outside space in the metropolis
This typically-dark city back garden in Kensington has been transformed with a tapestry of foliage. Tiffany Daneff takes a look at how it was done, and discovers the ten rules that we can draw from this beautiful creation in the heart of W8.
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Charles Quest-Ritson: I hate almost all alliums — their colour is hideous, their smell is disgusting — but there's one I've fallen hopelessly in love with
Charles Quest-Ritson loves almost all flowers. And the emphasis this week is very much on 'almost'.
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Tend to your raspberries now — you'll thank yourself next summer
Pick the right varieties and next year you could be enjoying fresh raspberries for months instead of weeks, explains Mark Diacono.
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Clematis: Don't plant climbers — plant clamberers
John Hoyland, the gardens adviser at Glyndebourne in East Sussex, on clematis.
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Alan Titchmarsh: Everyone loves tulips — but make sure you plant the good ones
It's the time of year to plant tulips if you want an explosion of colour next Spring. Alan Titchmarsh picks out some of his favourite tulip varieties which go well beyond the usual suspects.
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How to grow your own pears (spoiler alert: it's not easy)
Mark Diacono shares his advice on one of the trickier fruit trees to get right: the pear tree.
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'The king and queen of rewilding's new head gardener : 'It could be quite challenging — everybody loves a lawn'
The new head gardener at Knepp in West Sussex talks to Flora Watkins about a different direction for the rewilding pioneers — and why gardeners need to unclench. Photograph by Philip Sowels.
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Sarah Raven: The flowers I have that are flourishing superbly, despite the battering heat of this summer
Gardener and writer Sarah Raven on the flowers that haven't wilted in the heat.
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How to grow Oriental greens in an English country garden
Expert gardener Mark Diacono shares his advice on how to grow some of the delicious greens which have come to these shores from around the globe.
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Charles Quest-Ritson: All gardening is habitat destruction, but gardens have a purpose — and rewilding is an absurd fantasy
The 19th century's hugely successful cultivation of plants on the once-barren Ascension Island has lessons for us today, says Charles Quest-Ritson.
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Why every garden needs an iris (and why there's an iris for every garden)
Charles Quest-Ritson on the irises to plant, the ones you'll never manage to grow in Britain, and the ones to avoid unless you're happy for them to take over half of your garden.
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Alan Titchmarsh: The immutable truth of gardening? You only get out what you put in
In gardening, there are no shortcuts says Alan Titchmarsh: you only get out what you put in.
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John Hoyland: The tree planting blunder that kicked off my long line of gardening mistakes
When it comes to trees, says John Hoyland, the more the merrier — but only within reason.
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Mark Diacono: How to grow your own hazelnuts (and why you'll find it rather easy)
Our resident grow-your-own expert Mark Diacono gives his tips on the surprisingly easy hazelnut.
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Mary Keen: How to make a garden pond that's perfect for swimming
Gardening writer Mary Keen shares expert tips for minimising the algae and maximising the fun.
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Comfrey: What you need to know about the plant that 'looks like borage a couple of gins into a long weekend'
Mark Diacono on the beautiful and untamed joy of comfrey.
