In her new book ‘Grow 5’, Lucy Bellamy sets out easy planting schemes for year-round displays, all of which involve combinations of just five plants. Here we look at a border scheme designed to look its best in June, inspired by the way flowers arrange themselves in nature

Meadowscaping is more than planting a seed or planning a garden – it transforms ordinary spaces into a celebration of biodiversity, a habitat for birds and insects, and a home for native plants, beauty, and harmony. Learn more about how you can join the Meadowscaping movement!

Three top designers share expert small garden design ideas for small spaces that really work, with insightful dos and don’ts

How to achieve the prettiest contemporary cottage garden style - and why the 70/30 rule will make your planting so much more successful.

Mixed boarders overflowing with flowering plants seem to be everyone's ideal.

In one of England’s greatest flower gardens, an Italian formalist learns to appreciate the subtleties of seasons.

Mixed borders are landscaping arrangements that mark the border between two plots. English gardens, plants ands flowers ideas

Head gardener Tom Coward shares the secrets of how he builds up layers of plants to create a long season of interest within the borders of Gravetye Manor. Photographs Richard Bloom

This carefully curated plant palette perfectly hides a fence while creating style. Find the plants used for this back border here.