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My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot

When Jane Owen moved into a new home in Oxford, she faced having to overhaul the one-acre jungle

Call of the wild: the path to a nature-friendly garden
The fight to halt climate change can start in our back yards by letting go of the emerald green lawn
Garden diary: beauty amid disorder
Jane Owen grapples with a munching Muntjac deer, slugs on steroids and colossal courgettes
Garden diary: Time to terminate pests
Our writer tackles the biggest horticultural jobs for autumn
Garden diary: how to make a yew turn after overzealous pruning
Jane Owen’s garden dispatch describes her attempts at irrigation and topiary
Help! My garden is out of control
When Jane Owen moved into a new home, rampaging vines and wildlife threatened to take over her life
Late-spring garden diary: my fight with a hedge
A new chainsaw is put to work, while clearance uncovers delightful and grisly surprises