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DIARY: SEPTEMBER
KITTED OUT • Make the most of your harvest with the right storage and preserving kit
Garden Design Diploma 2023 • The only UK course to follow the growing year - January to December
September plants • Tom keeps the interest going in the autumn borders, with a dazzling, late-blooming, orange kniphofia, a vibrant ginger lily and shades of blue from salvia and scabious
Places to visit • Tom's recommendations for places to see seasonal plants at their best
DAVID PEARCE • As gardener at Cotswold hotel Whatley Manor, David must combine heritage with a forward-thinking approach
THE CONSTANT GARDENER • Summer's heat may be gone, but the soil is still warm making now the ideal time to establish herbaceous perennials and biennials before winter
Changing rooms • Although she readily admits to making a few early mistakes, Antonia Davies has created an assured set of ever-evolving garden rooms around her Cotswold home
Reduce, reuse, recycle • With its careful mix of perennials and grasses, Marian Boswall's garden at Tillingham Winery reaches its peak in late summer and early autumn
Mature outlook • Cottesbrooke's head gardener Jenny Barnes combines well-established plants with bold foliage and rich colours to creat three container displays to help summer slid into autumn
HESPERANTHA • These elegant plants from southern Africa are highly adaptable in UK gardens, offering months ofcolour and bringing a touch of the exotic to borders
Surplus energy • Nursery owner Paul Seaborne's passion for propagation began as a way of filling the exuberant borders of his East Sussex garden, but seeded the idea for a successful business
NEIL LUCAS • The indefatigable Dorset plantsman and UK's leading expert on ornamental grasses, on good-sense gardening and becoming a pioneer in promoting sustainable ways of gardening
Mass appeal • Throughout this New England garden, designer Richard Elartlage has planted swathes of single species to create a dramatic patchwork pattern
CLEAN CONNECTIONS • Miria Harris has created a city garden for a young family that helps forge a link between a Victorian villa and its contemporary architectural additions
MAGIC MEADOWS • Discover how to create your own bulb meadow for next spring, with three expert plans from leading designers
1 NATURALISTIC STYLE
Carien's plant list
2 BOLD AND BRILLIANT
Jo's plant list
3 JEWEL COLOURS
Tom's plant list
WINTER AWAKENING • The idea that our soil is slumbering during winter is simply not the case. Instead there is much to do to support soil during the darker months to create the perfect conditions come spring
Creating a new bed - lasagna mulching
MATERIALS WEALTH • in this small city courtyard, designer Colm Joseph has used clean lines, a pared-back palette of materials and lush, woodland planting to create a sense of space and calm
Design News and sourcebook • News and sourcebook
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