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Growing with the Seasons

In this new four-part series, we follow a ‘year in the life’ of an allotment. Leigh Clapp meets Nina Gresham and her family at their plot in Sheet. Share in their ups and downs in their quest for growing fabulous fresh food

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A festive welcome

Leigh Clapp explains how your garden offers a ready
resource for inspirational Christmas decorating

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Autumn glory

Take a stroll through a spectrum of seasonal colour

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Colour, shape & form

Experience a garden with beautifully selected plant combinations,
writes Leigh Clapp

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Fabulous foliage

Visit a small town garden that sparkles with wonderful foliage combinations

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Run of the mill

The beautiful Eastern inspired gardens at Bere Mill in Whitchurch have brought this historic site back to life

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Clipped to perfection

Topiary, a craft with an ancient heritage, can add magic to the garden. Words and photography by Leigh Clapp...

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Ask a gardener

Wolfgang Bopp Curator...

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Potty about pots

Leigh Clapp tells us how we can keep colour in our gardens
from autumn right through to spring

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A textural tapestry

Leigh Clapp visits a stunning garden, brimming with ephemeral, swaying grasses and shimmering perennials

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From the garden to the table

Try your hand at growing some vegetables and fruit at home. There is nothing tastier than using fresh ingredients straight from your own garden, says Leigh Clapp

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Bluebell Haze

Leigh Clapp visits a pretty woodland garden, complete with its own mini bluebell glade

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Dazzling daffodils

Discover the diversity of these harbingers of spring

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Losing the Plot!

There is something deeply comforting about walking around an allotment in the summer – honest people hard at work, the drone of bees, neat rows of ripening legumes, brassicas and roots sharing space with colourful sweet peas and dahlias. And of course there’s the mouth-watering promise of the harvest to come...

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At mile end

Margaret G Powling experiences the Age of Elegance in a Georgian town house in Portsmouth
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Little black numbers

Seriously sexy evening wear for the party season
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Absolutely prefab

A rare opportunity to buy a Huf Haus is being offered at Chilworth. Jill Belcher talks to a designer couple who find Huf living ideal for their family
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