BBC Gardeners World Magazine

The one thing career changers have in common is a desire to do something more fulfilling. Consultancy Careershifters, which published the State of Career Change Report 2026 in April, found that 41 per cent of 11,567 career changers in its survey were motivated by ...

An indispensable group of plants, most forming mounds less than knee high, with flowers from late spring to early autumn and foliage that can burnish copper in autumn. There are varieties for dry soil, sun or dappled shade. Try multi-award-winning ROZANNE ('Gerwat') in a sunny or part-shaded spot for dazzling purple flowers f...

What’s this doing here? I love Japanese anemones! Yes, I hear you, and I know they’re gorgeous with lots of lovely flowers that the bees love. But they can take over, given half a chance. Pick the wrong variety, and it will spread gently but insatiably through the border. That can be quite a useful habit in parts of the garden where ot...

You spend months caring for your plants, tending to your borders, and then you spot it. A weed! But how bad is it? We lift the lid on the worst weeds to find in your garden and how to deal with them. From the pretty and harmless to the downright pernicious.

Both hedge and...

The front garden is the first thing potential buyers will see. If yours is messy, neglected or just plain boring, it doesn't make a great first impression. According to a survey carried out by the Society of Garden Designers and Zoopla, 47 per cent of people were put off buying or renting because of the condition of the garden.

What can you do? We asked some expert gard...