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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.
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