
Weโre always on the lookout for ingenious small garden ideas – whoโs got space to waste these days? And we just found our next source of gardening inspiration thanks to B&Q and its Gardener of the Year competition.ย Running for its third year awarding one lucky gardening enthusiast, this year Bristol-based Matthew Symonds nabbed the…

Plant in bulk In a small garden, you need plants near the windows that draw the eye as you look out. Thompson favours perennials that create airy veils you can look through; think plants with naked stems such as salvias, verbenas and rudbeckia. The classic mistake Thompson always sees in a nursery or garden centre…

Cuprinol has announced the winner of its annual Shed of the Year competition: a space-saving workshop in south-east London. The shed, known as ‘The Tiny Workshop’, came out on top of the ‘Workshop/Studio’ category following a public vote, before being elected overall winner by the judges, who were ‘wowed’ by the imaginative use of space.…