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We love June

PHOTO: JASON INGRAM “Summer means happy times and

Expert’s choice

Campanulas

The Full Monty

An incredibly mild winter, followed by an early, soaking-wet spring, has Monty pondering on how we need to rethink our gardens in the face of climate change

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The view from your side of the fence

Over the fence

Should we borrow from other cultures in garden design?

Digging deeper

Border biosecurity raises plant health issues

2 for 1 Gardens

Coming up roses

Container of the month

Celebrate the sun with aromatic Mediterranean herbs, light-catching foliage and spires of violet flowers

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Uplifting midsummer displays filled with pretty pink flowers and scented foliage

Dianthus barbatus ‘Sooty’

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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

A fruitful summer

Your greenhouse guide to

Summer greenhouse guide

For me, the key to getting the best out of your greenhouse is having a daily routine. I grab my coffee and then I’m straight up to the greenhouse. In summer, there are always plenty of satisfying jobs to do.

Last chance to enter!

Enter your space into this year’s Gardens of the Year competition for a chance to win a photoshoot in the magazine and the top prize of a travel gift card worth £7,000. Entries must be in by 10 June

Indoor plants, outdoor treats

Break the rules and give your house plants a summer holiday, with Michael Perry’s mixed pot display ideas

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

YOUR PRUNING MONTH

The frst few weeks of summer are a good time to get spring-flowering plants in shape. Follow Frances’ guide for best results

Gardening for wellbeing

As the pressures of modern living bear down, our outside spaces can provide soothing respite for our minds and bodies, says Arit Anderson

Designing for wellbeing

Even the smallest space can include some of these beneficial elements

Plants for health and happiness

When choosing plants, consider all the different ways they can aid wellbeing

Make room for roses

Find inspiration in Stina Hasan’s romantic rose-filled garden in the heart of East London

Secrets of a COLOURFUL GARDEN

Using a colour theme is an easy way to give any garden a strong, unified character – Nick Bailey shows you how

Portable barbecues

Compact barbecues are perfect for cooking outdoor feasts, wherever you are. Reviews Editor Kay Maguire fires up the grills and puts 13 mobile models to the test

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WHAT TO DO NOW | JUNE

Move squashes outdoors

Save space by planting trailing varieties of squash

Plant sweetcorn

Choose a sunny spot to plant out sweetcorn,

Don’t forget

■ Earth up the stems of winter brassicas

LOOK OUT FOR crops trying to flower

Check crops such as onions, garlic and leafy

Thin out apple crops

Improve the size and quality of your apples

Harvest delicious strawberries

Pick only fully red fruits, as they won’t

Plant out young celeriac plants

Position celeriac plants at least 25cm apart and

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Your wildlife month

By June, for most of us, all risk of frost has passed, and the garden can get on with being alive. Rejoice in the birds, bees, beetles and hedgehogs as they spend this precious time creating the next generation. Give them a helping hand when they need it: fill bare patches with bee-friendly flowers, put out water for birds and hedgehogs, and leave aphids and caterpillars where you find them – they are food for baby birds! If it’s dry, water your garden using grey water (made with eco-detergents) and leave birds a daily dish of rehydrated mealworms (kept out of the reach of hedgehogs) so they can feed their chicks. Finally, if you took part in Plantlife’s ‘No Mow May’ campaign then why not keep the mower in the shed and ‘Let it Bloom June’? You’ll be rewarded with abundance for years to come.

Bite-sized bounties

PART 2

An edible garden in pots

PART TWO

Hassle-free harvests

The rewards of our spring labours are finally arriving – but there are lots of easy ways to keep those harvests coming, says Jack Wallington

June Growing guide

Now’s the time to sow summer salads to enjoy well into autumn, as well as veg for next spring

WHAT TO DO NOW

JUNE

AROUND THE GARDEN

STEP BY STEP Tidy lawn edges

FLOWERS

Plant out indoor-sown annuals Plant young annuals into

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Take cuttings of alpines

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Gardeners’ Question Time

Our experts tackle your queries, including brown potatoes, an out-of-control hoya and hordes of hungry muntjacs

Crossword

Put down your trowel, pick up a pen and exercise those brain muscles instead…

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