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Practical guides about your garden, grounded in real parcel and sun data.

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  • Back garden of a terraced house with a string line set out on dug-over soil and a stack of clay pavers

    Garden design

    How to lay a garden out: dimensions, sight lines, and the order you make decisions in.

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  • Half-laid terrace of large grey tiles on a sand bed, with a rubber mallet, spirit level and wheelbarrow

    Construction

    From drawing to garden: groundwork, drainage, foundations, and what you can do yourself.

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  • Border of hardy geranium, salvia, ornamental grass and a box ball against a grey wooden fence

    Plants

    Which plant takes hold where, how big it gets, and what it asks for in light and water.

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  • Shadow of a shed and a neighbouring house falling diagonally across a lawn and a brick path

    Sun & shade

    How much direct sunlight each spot in your garden gets, measured on your own parcel.

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  • Bare young apple tree in bud above a lawn with crocuses and daffodils, with a wooden bench

    Seasons

    What there is to do each month, and when your garden looks its best.

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  • Crisply clipped beech hedge with a rake and hedge shears leaning on it and clippings on the brick path

    Maintenance

    Pruning, feeding and keeping up, with as little work per year as possible.

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  • Pallet of clay pavers, a bundle of fence boards, grey tiles and a roll of weed fabric beside a garden gate

    Materials

    Paving, fencing and hard surfaces: what they cost and how long they last.

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  • Gravel path between low hedges to a wooden table under a pergola, with a multi-stem birch

    Inspiration

    Gardens and styles to take ideas from, with what they ask for in practice.

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