Autumn In The Garden

The heat is off but Susie White explains how you can keep the garden interesting and welcoming to wildlife.

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There’s still plenty to see in autumn gardens, from glowing dahlias, purple asters and golden grasses. Why not plan a visit to an arboretum as leaves transform into vivid colours, or to a garden open for the National Garden Scheme?

As leaves fall in my own garden I see them as a harvest, raking them from paths and paving, heaping them on to the woodland border where they will rot down to keep my shade-loving plants happy.

After November I try not to walk on this border because bulbs will already be emerging. They will come up through the leafmould as it rots down.