### This month’s magazine focuses on choosing the ‘autumn allstars’ for your garden: those failsafe plants that will keep borders looking magnificent from autumn into winter – rudbeckias, asters, sedums, miscanthus and Japanese anemones among them. We look at hardy chrysanthemums – making a comeback! – and how to grow halloween pumpkins for cooking and carving.

**Celebrate Layers** Contrasting shapes, colours and textures bring this gregarious border to life

**Be inspired by…** an autumnal container, seasonal shopping, wishlist plants, horti masks, socks to win, plus a lemon meringue garden that’s good enough to eat!

**Discover the stars of autumn** Choose the right plants for autumn and they’ll shine all year. Here’s the best for good looks and stunning combinations

**Invest in nature’s richest jewels** The plump fruits of autumn bring a flash of colour and draw birds into the garden

**What to do this month** Plant evergreens and pot-up bulbs, repair trellis and grow new shrubs from their berries

**Gardeners’ Garden 2020** Meet the five winners of our competition to win a state-of-the-art STIHL petrol lawnmower

**Boost the autumn blues** Aster ‘Little Carlow’ and persicaria ‘Firedance’ create a frisson of electricity in autumn

**“Perennials create a punch of colour”** Prairie-style planting teams grasses and flowers in this modern country garden

**“Our borders are always full of flowers”** Dahlias, asters and grasses ignite the Aston Pottery borders

**“I love to create colour harmony”** Colour-coordinated autumn flowers keep this cottage garden blooming into November

**Garden to visit** Tatton Park’s Japanese garden is inspired by nature. Here’s how to get the look

**Welcome to the glade** Take inspiration from a woodland clearing to create the perfect garden habitat for wildlife

**Grow a monster pumpkin for Halloween!** These plump little cherubs become a devillish delight on All Hallow’s Eve. Here’s how to grow them for carving and cooking

**Ask Garden Answers** Your questions answered by our experts

**Design Solutions** The Arts & Crafts approach marries landscaping with blowsy naturalistic planting

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**Buyers’ Guide** to tree pruners Telescopic loppers are an ideal tool for cutting off branches easily and safely. Here’s what’s on the market

__12 free_ bareroot perennials Plants worth £31.96 for every reader – _just pay postage__

**Complete blueberry growing kit** Grow your own blueberries with this complete patio kit

**Over to you** Readers share their lockdown gardening stories for a chance to win RSPB bird food and Felco secateurs

**Puzzles and prizes** Enter our crossword and wordsearch competitions this month and you could win a CompoSphere worth £99.98 or rose ‘Albertine’ and £30 vouchers from Hayloft

November Issue

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