How to garden sustainably

Gardening sustainably is all about creating a healthy, long-term eco-system in your garden. Clare Foster looks at the ways you can hone your gardening practices for maximum environmental benefit

The winner of a House & Garden Responsible Design Award for 2024 is happy to share what he has learned from creating spaces that are biodiverse as well as beautiful

The winner of our House & Garden Award for Responsible Design (Gardens) and a gold medallist at Chelsea this year, Tom Massey explains why resilient planting is so important and how to go about it

David Pagan Butler is a man with a mission – to share his experience of creating a low-impact swimming pond. And, as he explains to Clare Foster, having somewhere to swim year-round is only part of the story

Clare Foster meets Dr John Grimshaw, director of The Yorkshire Arboretum and custodian of the world’s largest online resource on tree species, who suggests we all turn over a new leaf when it comes to planting and trying to offset our carbon footprint

Know your limits, reuse where possible, and start your plants from seed: Lottie Delamain advises on how to make your gardening practices as environmentally friendly as possible

Our huge demands for tap water are wreaking havoc on the UK's freshwater systems, so we need to commit to harvesting rainwater more efficiently in the garden. Here's how to do it

In an extract from a new book by Frances Tophill, she details six ways we can all be more mindful of the environment as gardeners

In an extract from her book Sustainable Garden, author and gardener Marian Boswall explains the importance of rich, cared-for soil not only in the health of your garden, but also in the health of the planet more widely