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Weekend tips 22.11.08

Problems with magnolias and witch hazels

Joe Swift

Autumn garden blitz, part two

Tree house may be for the chop

A child’s tree house may have to be demolished because planners have said that it needed permission

The appeal of mulch

What can improve the soil, suppress weeds and make your borders look smart?

Prose garden

Like her writing, the Suffolk plot of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard is a thing of sophisticated beauty

Wormald's Week: seed potatoes, greenhouse guttering and summer-fruiting raspberries

Joe Swift

Autumn garden blitz, part one

A clematis runs through it

Stunning on its own, this climber works even better teamed with trees and shrubs for a dramatic second burst of colour

Weekend tips 15.11.08

Moving roses and managing buddleia

Top 10 tips for a winter garden

How to make you dig a winter garden - literally

Grapes of good hope

Fancy producing your own wine? Now is the time to do your homework

Lawn and order

With garden crime on the rise, there’s more to preventing thefts than locking up your gnomes

Wormald's Week: Blackcurrants, artichokes and hungry rabbits

In rural areas, hungry rabbits often cause a lot of plant damage in the colder months

Design for living

The Times Magazine’s new columnist Joe Swift details the planning of his urban plot to maximise its potential for the whole family

Plant it now

Rose 'Perle d'Or': this sweetest of roses, with its perfectly pink petals and lovely perfume, deserves attention

Weekend tips 08.11.08

Why it's not too late for bulbs, and what to do with diseased fallen apples

COMMENT: Just be sure the landlord doesn't object

Autumn leaves and trees

For a blaze of autumn colour, make it a maple

The season for hardy succulents

Now the first frosts have bitten, leaving the garden looking bare, hardy succulents are coming into their own

Wormald's Week: Climbing plants, rhubarb and herbaceous perennials