Design a vertical garden
If you’re short of space, think of going up as well as out. Use wall or fence space to plant a vertical garden with flowers, herbs or other edible crops such as strawberries. The Verti-plant system from burgonandball.com is easy to use and affordable. A two-pack pocket planter costs £9.95 at Green Fingers.
Rethink beds and borders
Pink border with Geranium, Echinacea 'Pink Glow', Hylotelephium 'Matrona', Cirsium 'Mount Etna', Monarda 'Beauty of Cobham'
Credit: Carole Drake
Dig existing beds over and look critically at them. Remove weeds and overgrown plants, and be ruthless. Consider changing the shape of a border, curving the corners or adding another foot for more depth, and then replant each space using groups of three, five or seven plants rather than singles, which can look messy.