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Time to start my garden dreaming

TEND IT LIKE BECKHAM! • RHS announces headline Chelsea garden to widen appeal of gardening, reports Ian Hodgson

Sow the seeds of cottage garden delight • Editor at large Ian Hodgson's pick of new cottage garden plants and a tried and tested favourite

GARDEN helpers! • To see out the year and this page, meet the GN team and their gardening companions

Wild at heart • A garden in north London has been sensitively designed with nature and wildlife in mind

Dig into January with LITTLE JOBS & BIG IDEAS • Let this quiet month inspire you to refresh, organise and dream up your best gardening year yet

HOT GARDENING PICKS FOR 2026 • Glee is Europe’s biggest retail gardening event, where the industry comes together to discover the latest trends. Kathryn Lovelock picks some of the standout new products spotted at the event this autumn – all of which are available now or in the coming year

GROW YOUR BEST BLACKBERRIES • Banish any winter blues by planting now for sweet summer fruits – and you can choose from compact, thornless or trailing varieties

Bringing back lost GARDEN GEMS • I’m determined to track down and regrow some beloved old plants that have vanished

Over the FENCE

START THE PREP FOR SEED SOWING • Get ahead and set up some greenhouse heating

MAKE A WORMERY • Let these incredible invertebrates turn your kitchen scraps into top-notch plant food

GROW BOLD BLOOMS FOR A TINY PRICE! • Order seeds now and be rewarded with dramatic and inexpensive displays of exotics next year

PRUNE NUT TREES • Hazelnuts and cobnuts are perfect for small gardens – easy to grow, wildlife-friendly and productive for many years

My hits and misses of the year • I like to reflect on the last 12 months in the garden to plan for future successes

Spiced apple and pear crumble

Some wonders for the winter • These elite seasonal performers really ‘do what they say on the tin’!

THE PROBLEM SOLVER

TEA BREAK • Weekly prize crossword

Pick of the POST

THE GREAT 2025 GARDENING QUIZ! • What a year 2025 was for gardening – but how much do you remember? Try our botanical brainteaser…

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