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PAOLO PEJRONE

The legendary Italian designer, who thinks of himself primarily as a gardener, on the importance of keeping gardens bold and simple, and working with nature in adapting to climate change

How to pot up seedlings

Knowing when they are ready is important

BUILD A POND TO BE PROUD OF

Creating a wildlife pond in your garden is one of the best gifts you can offer wildlife, which in turn will help to look after your crops, says professional gardener and garden

STRAWBERRIES SEASON BY SEASON

Delicious, vibrant, easy to grow and easy to maintain. What's not to love about this most succulent of fruit

CULTIVATE AND CONNECT

Gardeners have always enjoyed comparing growing stories and sharing advice. Hannah Reid looks at the social media trends in gardening and how it cultivates friendships

USING AND CONSERVING WATER

Water is a valuable resource and Stephanie Hafferty offers some tips on storing, using and reducing our need for it on our plots

COURGETTES UNCOVERED

If you follow Martin Fish's advice and top tips you can expect a summer of copious courgettes, plus there's another succulent dish from wife Jill

Lungs of the earth

Trees help sustain so much life on our planet

Helping a hoya

Masterclass on: caring for wax flowers

It's a busy bank holiday

IT is the final bank holiday until August and our gardens are in their growing prime, so let’s get out there and make the most of it!

Create a butterfly garden

Nurturing these delicate winged insects will benefit the environment as well as bringing the garden to life

The town dweller's guide to Cottage gardens

A cottage garden without the cottage? Why not, says Martyn Cox, especially as many of the plants and techniques will work just as well in an urban setting

The great escape

They've been running rings around him for years, but Toby's bunny chums have now moved on to pastures new

Green manures

Steve and Val Bradley outline the benefits and challenges of using green manures

Understanding peat-free

What is peat-free compost and how should we use it? Victoria Wright, of Melcourt Industries, looks at the introduction of peat-free compost and its various components

Mite fever...

Bob explains how you can protect your greenhouse crops in hot weather if they fall prey to red spider mites

Redefining SUSTAINABILITY

Becky Searle heads up to Cumbria to talk to the couple behind Dalefoot Composts, a company that specialises in peat-free compost, using potash-rich bracken from local farms

GROW YOUR OWN BERRY BOWL

Enjoy the fruits of your labour - literally - says Rob Smith, with home-grown berries. He also highlights some special varieties

COMBAT APHIDS NATURALLY

This month garden writer and blogger Emily Cupit turns her attention to that sap-sucking menace, the aphid, and offers some eco-friendly ways to control them

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

Last year we launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would appear in Kitchen Garden magazine this year.Our latest winner makes the most of her back garden

TO PINCH OR NOT To PINCH?

Sometimes plants benefit from having their growing tips removed, as Becky Searle explains

Top Ten Berberis

With colourful foliage and prolific flowers, there's a berberis that will suit almost any garden situation

CHOW TO BEAT POTATO BLIGHT

Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic shares toolkit for tackling blight his troubleshooting

ROOTING FOR carrots

KG editor Steve Ott takes a look at one of our most popular root veg and offers his top tips for great harvests

Planting out seedlings

They’re hardened off, ready to go and grow

Managing molluscs

This is an exciting time for crops, and for rampaging slugs and snails. Bob shows you how to keep things in check

Ups and downs

Erratic weather has its good and bad points

Botanical bumbershoots

For a natural high, every garden should feature living parasols, says Toby, as he praises the humble umbel

It's all go in the greenhouse

Undercover growing is going at full tilt now

Be inspired and Plant a winner!

Chelsea’s Plant of the Year competition recognises reliability as well as innovation, and provides some of the best options for our gardens