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Meet Martyn Cox

Martyn Cox trained in horticulture at Writtle College, Essex and has many years practical gardening experience. He writes a weekly gardening column in The Mail on Sunday, and monthly for Saga Magazine, Grow It! and Sainsbury’s Magazine. He is a member of the Garden Writers’ Guild committee and has been on the editorial staff of many gardening magazines, including Gardenlife, BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and Amateur Gardening. He was consultant editor to Sir Terence Conran on Outdoors and is the author of Gardening with Kids (Ryland, Peters and Small) and 101 Plants for Problem Places (BBC Books).

• Read Martyn Cox's Getting down to it every month in Saga Magazine

Latest gardening masterclass

If you don't have bulbs, perennials or shrubs prized for their late season foliage or berries, the autumn garden can be a complete letdown. Martyn Cox tells us how to create a bit more interest

• Autumn lawn care
• How to make leaf mould

Gardening masterclass archive

• Winter survival guide for houseplants

• Autumn lawn care

• Controlling slugs and snails

• Creature comforts - encouraging biodiversity in your garden

• Healthier plants at a snip - how to prune

• Holiday care for plants

• How to buy, plant and grow bulbs

• How to fit a water butt

• How to make leaf mould

• How to move a shrub

• How to protect exotic plants over winter

• How to prune topiary

• How to sell your garden

• Masterclass – Grow your own mixed salad leaves

• Masterclass – How to tackle aphids

• Masterclass – Perk up your autumn garden

• Masterclass – Starting a vegetable garden

• Mulch to save moisture

• Summer care for ponds

• Use free software to design a garden

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