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October 2024

  • Red autumn leaves of garden Amelanchier lamarckii<br>This is a pretty, often understated white-flowered bush with leaves that vary in colour throughout the year. Come the autumn, and its former green and brown leaves turn to flame red / pink. Alternative names for Amelanchier are serviceberry and Juneberry. In the UK it is ornamental and looks attractive in gardens and woodland.

    Want a tree for the garden? Ask yourself these questions first

  • Elephant's Foot plant in clay pot

    Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: elephant’s foot

  • Field beans 'Wizard' sown as a green manure to improve soil fertility at Painswick Rococo Garden in the Cotswolds<br>BTA8XM Field beans 'Wizard' sown as a green manure to improve soil fertility at Painswick Rococo Garden in the Cotswolds

    This autumn I’m going to mulch my beds like it’s the only gardening job that matters

  • Catherine Saunders in a garden, smiling and holding a potted plant

    ME left me bedbound for nearly five years. A potted plant helped me rebuild my life

  • Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: devil’s tongue barrel

  • Plant a new flowerbed now and everything will look rosy by spring

  • The Filter
    The 9 best garden tools to make light work of autumn jobs

  • Garden centre chain Dobbies to shut 17 stores as part of restructuring plan

September 2024

  • Kowhai Sophora plant in red pot

    Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: dwarf kōwhai

  • Brightly coloured flowers growing from the grass

    The Filter
    Flower show: the best bulbs to plant this autumn for a blooming good spring

  • runner beans seeds inn pods and a bowl

    Saving seeds from your garden is more satisfying than buying them in packets. Here’s how to do it

  • low sun on late blooms and seedheads around lawn

    I love gazing at my garden as summer melds into autumn. Then I start to plan

  • Houseplant of the week
    Houseplant of the week: weeping fig

  • Brief letters
    Crystal Palace’s radical gardeners

  • Allan Jenkins on gardening
    And so farewell, it’s time to say goodbye to my gardening column

  • Brief letters
    Pickle that can bring peace at Christmas

  • Change by degrees
    Gather round: how modern urbanites can safely forage wild plants and reduce their food footprint

  • Absolutely wasted: the inner-city garden using food scraps to create top grade soil

  • 10 of the best gardens to visit around the UK

  • ‘It all felt new and exciting’: Observer Magazine writers share their memories

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