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The UK has 23 million gardens which are collectively over four times larger than the country's National Nature Reserves. This presents an opportunity to do something positive for our biodiversity, especially as the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. But we're all under pressure to keep our gardens looking neat, whether through seeing perfect gardens on television, social media or nosy neighbours peering over the fence. Tidiness is often a seasonal h

In my previous garden I was spoilt. Although it was on a hill it had been terraced with beds full of established plants, and at the bottom was a small courtyard that was the ultimate sun trap, easily mirroring something you'd see in the Mediterranean. I enjoyed tending to the previous owners plants and filled the courtyard with pots of my own favourite summer-flowering perennials. On moving to our new site we brought all these pots with us; salvia, fuchia and campanula to nam

As a gardener of only six years I'm in no way an expert. I think the term "keen amateur" would be a good description and the more I garden the more I realise how much there is to learn. This is especially true when you're working under less than ideal conditions. The garden in its fifth summer. Yes, it's a bit rough around the edges but I love it, and so does the wildlife. After beginning to get my fingers green in 2020, I moved to this garden in early 2021, hugely excited by