How Not to Garden
How not to Garden: October
Ann-Marie’s beret is back, Laetitia’s had a fallow year, and neither of them is panicking. Nor should you. Here's How Not to Garden in October.
How Not to Garden
Two gardens. Two very different gardeners. One frank conversation, every month, about what the garden is actually doing, and how little of it needs fixing. One gardens in five-minute bursts; the other in long, slightly desperate sessions. Ann-Marie Powell and Laetitia Maklouf on what they’ve stopped doing (quite a lot), what the season is really asking of a garden, and what you can leave alone. Free to watch with a free account. Drinks not optional.
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How not to Garden: the September edition
How not to garden in September: do not rip anything out, do not prune, do not scalp the lawn, and do not panic order every bulb in the catalogue. Laetitia and Ann-Marie on the plants that survived the drought untouched, and why you should buy for foliage, not flowers.
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How not to garden: August
What begins as hosepipe-ban despair turns into one of the richest conversations they've had: a proper masterclass in secondary and tertiary colour, a working formula for building texture into a border, and a hard look at who you're actually gardening for. Spoiler: it isn't the neighbours.
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How Not to Garden: July, Where I Just Let Everything Go a Bit Feral
This month, Ann-Marie is not gardening in just any old clobber, not weeding, not lifting a hosepipe. July's dispatch is from the hammock: where Ann-Marie is recovering from a wonderful party.
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Summer Entertaining
Laetitia shares her recipe for effortless summer entertaining. Forget perfect borders and endless jobs; the best way to garden in July is not to garden at all.