GETTIN STARTED. Assessing your garden. Understanding your soil. Tools you can trust. Instant transformations. FLOWERBEDS AND BORDERS. Making a new border. Looking after beds. Great plant combinations. Staying in top form. CREATIVE CONTAINERS. Terracotta containers. Right plant, right pot. Cultivating crops in containers. Baskets and windowboxes. Minimising maintenance. Year-round displays. TREES AND SHRUBS. Choosing a new tree. Planting and staking. Performance pruning. Shrub rose secrets. Under the canopy (underplanting, climbers). Tricks for tender species. CLIMBERS, WALL SHRUBS, AND CLIMBING ROSES. What support do they need? Climbers for a purpose. Planting a new climber. Pruning tips. LAWN AND GRASS CARE. Starting from scratch. Repairing an old lawn. Turf wars. Keeping trim with watering, feeding, spiking, edging and mowing regimes. THE KITCHEN GARDEN. Herbs for the table. A productive fruit garden. Grow your own vegetables. WATER FEATURES AND PONDS. Choosing a water feature. Installing ponds and water features. What to plant (and what not to). Focus on wildlife. Year-round pond care. Filters and fish. STRUCTURES AND SURFACES. Fences, walls and trellis. Paving, gravel and decking. Arches, arbours, pergolas. Buying and caring for furniture. CARING FOR PLANTS. When and how to water. The simple science of feeding. SIMPLE PROPAGATION. Starting with seed. Quick and easy cuttings. Simple divisions. Capitalising on nature (runners). FRIENDS AND FOES. Welcome friends. Unwelcome visitors (aphids, snails, slugs etc). Natural allies (frogs, lacewings, worms, hedgehogs). Neighbours and their pets. DESIGN SOLUTIONS. Designing for aesthetics. Designing for function. Designing for sanctuary. Design and the law. GREENER GARDENING. Saving water. The benefits of mulching. Organic techniques. Compost and recycling trips. LIGHTS, ACTION. Lighting. Seating. Decoration and ornament. Cooking and eating. Reference section including glossary and index.
