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Your NEWS FORTNIGHT • Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights
A bank holiday full of plans • Use the weekend break to get your garden summer-ready, says Ruth
Growing canna lilies and dahlias • These glossy gaudy heroes will bring colour until the autumn
Chelsea chop to make more blooms • This seasonal prune boosts flowering and health, says Ruth
Tomato care, weed control, Asian broccolis and wondrous winged beans • Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks
Sow and grow an organic salad bar • A fresh supply of organic salad crops, microgreens and pea shoots is possible throughout the growing months in even the smallest space, explains Chris Collins, Garden Organic’s Head of Horticulture
The garden at wild • Val explains the intertwined lives of bee flies, ground bees, blackbirds and thrushes
Rain Resilient Gardens • Kim Stoddart talks rain gardens, resilient plants and some of the really cool ideas from RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Getting to know hawk-moths • Olivia Watts from the Field Studies Council talks about some of the magnificent moths you can see now
The best trees and shrubs for healing • Barbara Segall takes a look at the often hidden medicinal properties of many common garden plants
Your guide to lawns • Mike Palmer shares the pros and cons of traditional lawns and his favourite wilder lawn alternatives
How to grow perfect peonies • Beloved of Beth Chatto, her team explains how to grow them
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The beautiful joys of purple sprouting broccoli, mystical elder and making use of British wool
Plant your street • In an extract from his excellent new book, Small Space Revolution, Tayshan Hayden-Smith explains how to help build stronger, greener communities plant by plant
Flowering plants that add vertical accents • Award-winning gardener, author and broadcaster Liz Zorab explains how to add another exciting dimension to your garden scheme
Troublesome plants to watch out for • Graham Clarke looks at the issue of plants from overseas that are causing issues for native species… something which has been happening for a very long time
Your GARDENING TEA BREAK • Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke
Crossword… • just for fun!
Coming together • How garden owners donated plants for The National Garden Scheme’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden
Be a lover, not a hater on the vegetable garden • Andrew Oldham gets to know his onions, and outlines other ways of working with trickier-to-grow crops
Look around to find bargains • Market stalls and car boot sales can hold many treasures
More raspberry canes for free! • Rogue shoots can be potted up to replace dead and dying plants
Ask JOHN NEGUS • John is a gardening legend and is here to answer your lovely questions
Sustainable lawn care jobs for the spring • David Hedges-Gower, Chairman of the Lawn Association, explains how to help lawns recover from patches and moss infestation
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