BBC - Gardening - How to be a gardener

17 September 2014
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Go back to basics Visit our award-winning How to be a gardener sites and learn the gardening basics with our eight-part courses. Part One provides guides to everything from soil types to practical planting. Part Two will empower you to take control of your garden with the basic design rules.

In How to be a Gardener

Join Alan as he revisits the gardens created in both series

Create inspiring garden designs with a little help from Alan

Get to know your garden before buying all the wrong plants

Design your garden without even breaking into a sweat

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