Weeds have run rampant during the wet summer – it's time to go on the attack

Weeds have run rampant during the wet summer – it's time to go on the attack

It's been an amazing season for weeds. In the hideous conditions of the past few months, docks have grown to tropical proportions and you can wring enough water to wash in from the crunchy stems of sow thistles. Round here, there have been endless …
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Next sees new gardening centres as path to greater growth

Next's home and garden centre store in West Sussex has become one of the FTSE 100 retail group's best performing shops. Since opening a year ago, it has delivered higher sales on a Sunday than any of Next's other 500-plus stores in the UK and Ireland.
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True grit: Horticulturalist Beth Chatto's remarkably hardy gravel garden

To get to Beth Chatto's house you turn down an unremarkable lane just near a petrol station in the heart of Essex. Here is the celebrated gardener's residence itself: a white suburban bungalow that sits plump on well-mown green turf. And though it's …
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