November is a time of reflection in the garden; a pause to look back at what worked well this year and also the right time to start planning for the year ahead. This month is the perfect month to planting tulips, bare-root hedges and divide plants to improve performance, and we have advice on how to do all three. And garden improvements needn’t cost you the earth – we have a bumper money-saving special on how to get a beautiful garden for less.
But if you feel like sitting back while the garden winds down, enjoying the last blaze of autumnal colour, we suggest the best easy-to-grow heucheras to bring rich colour to the colder months, plus three spectacular autumn gardens to explore. See grasses come alive at Knoll gardens in Dorset, while in Clare Woodbine’s garden in Cornwall there's magic and autumn fire. Alison and Karl Murphy’s garden in Surrey offers the kind of cosy haven we all dream of – the perfect place to start imagining your garden plans to come.
All this, plus your gardening problems answered, an essential design guide to potager gardens, a bronzed and beautiful border planner, a comprehensive buyers' guide to cloches, how to create a tranquil contemplation garden, and money saving offers on holly trees and bulbs.