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Firstly, was it right to import a volume of man-made concrete into a garden? The concrete is recycled and repurposed, compared to a natural product that is mined or removed from the natural environment.
Secondly, am I comfortable to move away from more tried and tested garden plants and use more wild-looking species?
I'm very happy with this decision as this drought tolerant community positively thrived through hot, dry weather and was awash with pollinators, giving tremendous benefit to biodiversity within the garden.
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We love June
We're cruising towards midsummer: this is a month full of love and abundance. Wherever you look there will be something in your garden that lifts the spirits and makes you glad to be alive. We have colour to cheer us, we have leaves that still have the bounce and freshness of small puppies, we have the first berries fattening up, there are birds frantically parenting very demanding broods of chicks, the bees are all over the place, it's prime barbecue and picnic season, and we have lawns as lush and green as billiard tables. What a month to fall in love.
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Your wildlife month
The female will usually lay one clutch of up to eight eggs
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An edible garden in pots
Join Lucy Bellamy in creating an edible container garden for all seasons, as she harvests what's ripe now and starts later-season crops
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Garden craft with kids
Fill the summer holidays with fun nature makes for kids, including botanical printed t-shirts, seed sowing in upcycled food containers and a hanging home for beneficial insects. Jaime Johnson and family show you how
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Indoor plants, outdoor treats
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YOUR PRUNING MONTH
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Your greenhouse guide to A fruitful summer
Get the best from your greenhouse fruit and vegetable crops this summer, with these tried and trusted growing tips from Adam Frost
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Stars of the show
Agapanthus is the perfect midsummer plant, flowering with spectacular blooms from June onwards and, as Monty explains, it loves to grow in a pot