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This recipe from Max Clark for hot lemon and horseradish runner beans makes a lovely accompaniment to roast beef.

If you want to inject some new style into your garden design, Debi Holland has some great advice.

Vicki Cooke explores and unravels the beautiful flat flowerheads of the carrot or umbellifer family.

The unpredictable weather has left gardeners struggling to care for their plants. Geoff Stonebanks shares his hard-earned advice.

Make this tasty recipe for nasturtium pesto using the leaves of nasturtiums.

Get to know some of the fun and funky creatures that live and breathe in our gardens this summer. Here are five to fascinate the kids.

Geoff Stonebanks shares his expert tips on how to successfully water a container garden.

Every summer Geoff Stonebanks bakes lots of different cakes, sweet and savoury for his open garden, to raise money for charity. Here are two of his most popular savoury recipes.

It’s been a summer of slugs, slugs, slugs. Here are five ways to get one step ahead of your slimy nemesis without resorting to pesticides.

Grow salad all year round with these tips from the gardeners of yesteryear. Plant and sow now for delicious and nutritious winter ingredients.

If you share your garden with children, pets and wildlife it’s important to choose products that are safe to use around them.

Make floral egg pasta by incorporating edible flowers and herbs in between layers of pasta.

Clare Matthews has some great ideas for getting kids outside for some creative play, which will also decorate your garden.

If you are growing your own food for the first time Martyn Cox offers his timely tips and advice to get the best from your crops

Vicki Cooke unravels some of the mysteries and historical facts about growing figs in Britain.

If you are starting out in gardening, or just want to extend your growing range to the windowsill or window box, herbs are a great place to start says Jean Vernon.

Some plants offer additional benefits when grown in close proximity with others. Jean Vernon explores.

Add perfume to your garden with plants. Choose scented flowers and plant them near the patio so that you get the best from every waft of fragrance.

As the first hints of autumn start to blush the garden foliage, Jean Vernon has been out and about making the most of the last days of summer.

Geoff Stonebanks shares his favourite recipes that his visitors just love, including spinach and pine nut muffins and lime and polenta cake.

Every garden should have a clump of lavender says Jean Vernon, and here’s why.

Advice and top tips on growing blackcurrants, redcurrants, whitecurrants and gooseberries from Vicki Cooke.

Courgette flowers are edible and delicious. Make them the centre piece of your summer lunch menu with this recipe from cookery writer Max Clark.

If you dream of having a summer seaside garden? Take some advice from an award-winning garden designer who lives and gardens next to the sea.

Before summer starts to slip towards autumn make the very best of every opportunity to enjoy your outside space.

Vicki Cooke, former Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace explores the sweet and the sharp of gooseberries.

Martyn Cox helps you harvest some fruit and vegetable treasure and offers advice to keep your plants productive.

Water is a precious resource. Jean Vernon explains the best way to water your garden and plants.

Mint is an essential kitchen herb: it has an unforgettable fresh, clean taste says Barbara Segall, and will remind you of peppermints, chewing gum and toothpaste.

Scented plants improve our wellbeing and are also beneficial for wildlife, drawing in pollinators far and wide.