Unlike other forms of art, gardens need their gardener to keep their shape. So what happens when they are left to their own devices? When does a garden become an ex-garden? Noel revisits some old favourites and finds them changed.
Guest writer Kate Bradbury examines the impact of this year's drought on wildlife, considers how silence and complicity have stalled progress on climate change, and argues that the future of gardening must have stewardship at its heart.
One shrub is celebrating this summer without a care in the world. It flowers for months, fills the air with scent, but could knock you off your perch. Matt Pottage wants to know if you'd invite it into your garden?
Jan Etherington is seizing the day (or seizing the flowers) and scouring her garden for entries for the village show. Competition is fierce and there is duplicity in the air... Can Jan triumph with an old favourite?
What makes the difference between a good garden, and a great one? More importantly, who decides? It is a divisive topic, and Mary Keen has views, and some of them would shock an estate agent.
