Beds and Borders

Are your borders looking tired? Follow our five steps to rejuvenate them.

Monty Don demonstrates how to tackle spent plants like aquilegias, wallflowers and drumstick alliums.

Create a beautiful, low-maintenance border with these five choice plants.

In this video guide, Monty reveals a simple trick to improve the colour combinations in your garden.

Find out how to create a drought-tolerant gravel border, in our step-by-step guide.

Make the most of raised beds, with the help of our practical tips.

These plants are essential for recreating the look of a prairie-style border.

Narrow borders? Make the most of them, with the help of our planting tips.

Discover eight dazzling daisies to grow, perfect for perking up borders.

Fancy creating a 'hot' border full of fiery perennials? Here are eight essential plants to try.

Create a low-cost border with five well-chosen plants.

There are plenty of plants that will thrive in heavy, clay soil - we recommend five star performers.

These five plants work well to create a small cottage garden planting scheme.

Transform bare, shady areas into lush, green oases with these five key plants for deep shade.

Discover five gorgeous plants that will thrive in dry, sandy soil.

We show you how to create a tropical-themed border with just five choice plants.

Make the most of shady ground with our five key plants for a woodland border.

Choose the right border shapes for your garden, with the help of our garden border design tips.

Watch this Gardeners' World video clip featuring Monty Don to find out how he uses annuals to fill gaps in the border.

Watch Monty Don plant his version of a pollinator-friendly border.

In this video clip, Monty Don adds white-flowered astrantia, cosmos and bishop's weed to his Writing Garden.

In this video, Monty Don suggests two plants that will brighten your borders in late summer.

Monty Don shows how to prepare a border for planting, with tips on boosting the soil and improving drainage, in this practical video guide.