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We love September

Is it just me or are the months whizzing past faster and faster? It seems like only yesterday that I was waxing on about this most glorious of months but it must have been last year. Still, I am glad it is September again as the heat of August has gone, our gardens are out there celebrating the fading of summer with an admirable boldness, and the leaves are all girding their loins in preparation for a zingy autumn. Also, if you have the time and inclination, September is the perfect month for weddings – I speak from a position of both wisdom and experience.

Expert’s choice

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The Full Monty

Think of your vegetable garden as a list of ingredients on a favourite restaurant menu, and only grow the produce you absolutely love to eat, advises Monty

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The view from your side of the fence

Over the fence

Should we decorate our gardens like an outdoor room?

Digging deeper

Putting the spotlight on the biggest issues in gardening today

2 for 1 Gardens

Sources of enlightenment

Container of the month

Instantly lift a shady corner with a compact pot of colourful blooms and contrasting bright foliage

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HOW TO GARDEN SUSTAINABLY

Turning your plot into an eco-friendly haven needn’t be daunting. Arit Anderson shows how with expert advice and a fool-proof plan

Bursting with bulbs

Create a springtime symphony of ultimate bulb combinations i in containers, borders and grass, from long-lasting layered displays in pots to more naturalistic plantings. Josie Lewis shows you how

Bright sparks

For robust blooms that can brighten a shady spot, Japanese anemones are a must-grow. Carol Klein shares why these woodlanders deserve a spot in any garden

Secrets of a COLOURFUL GARDEN

Part 9 The colour finale

Small garden success

Join Lyn Buller on a tour of her small seaside garden, an inspiring transformation from bare grass patch to lush, multi-layered oasis

Plant, grow, eat!

Encourage healthy back-to -school snacks with these fun gardening and recipe projects for kids, by homegrown aficionado, August Bernstein

YOUR PRUNING MONTH

Give yew hedges a trim now to keep them healthy and in good shape with Frances Tophill’s step-by-step guide

It’s harvest time!

Enjoy our feast of inspiration and advice on picking, cooking and preserving your end- of-summer bounty. Plus, get sowing and growing for harvests to come

Fruitful favourites

Providing year-round interest with pretty blossom, tasty harvests and appealing structure, every garden should make space for fruit trees, says Monty Don

Bite-sized bounties

PART 5

Here’s to herbs!

Tasty, attractive and fragrant plants that can be grown in any space… Alan Titchmarsh sings the praises of the humble herb

Hassle-free harvests

It may now be autumn but the best of summer stil lingers, with rich pickings from the plot and plenty of overwintering crops to get started,

Preserve your summer bounty

Savour your homegrown harvests for longer by pickling, fermenting and drying – just follow Alessandro Vitale’s easy step-by-step guides

Buyer’s guide Preserving kit

It’s harvest time, so follow Kay Maguire’s guide to the essentials you need to preserve your hard-earned bounty

Growing guide

Get in some quick-growing crops to enjoy now, plus plan ahead for nutritious meals

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Fill your garden with winter colour

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Your wildlife month

While some bees, butterflies, wasps and hoverflies may still be on the wing, the garden should be quieter now. At night, hedgehogs are fattening up ahead of hibernation, although some will be giving birth to a late litter. Hoglets born now run the risk of not being able to gain enough weight to survive hibernation, and so they come out during the day to look for food, which is less available as the days shorten. If you see a hedgehog out during the day at this time of year, scoop it up into a high-sided box with a hot-water bottle and an old towel at the bottom, and call your local rescue immediately. Never try to keep it and fatten it up yourself, but get it to an expert as soon as you can. You could save its life – and a whole litter of next year’s hedgehogs

WHAT TO DO NOW

50 things to do this month from the Gardeners’ World team

AROUND THE GARDEN

Remove wandering perennials Stachys can dominate the garden

ADAM’S ESSENTIALS

Plant daffodils Plant a selection of early

BACK TO BASICS

Sharpen shears Give your shears a good clean,

FLOWERS

STEP BY STEP Transplant and pot verbena Lift

GREENHOUSE

Deadhead marigolds Remove old blooms on marigolds for

FRUIT AND VEG

Save bean seeds Harvest seed from pods

HOUSE PLANTS

STEP BY STEP Take pachyphytum leaf cuttings Taking

Q&A

Your questions answered

Gardeners’ Question Time

Our experts tackle your queries, identifying mystery plants and puzzling problems affecting daffodils, holly, leeks, peppers and more

Crossword

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

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