Gardening
Q & A
Meet Val Bourne

Val Bourne is an award-winning garden writer, photographer and lecturer. Val writes for The Daily Telegraph, The English Garden, Homes and Gardens and Saga Magazine and she is also the gardening correspondent of The Oxford Times.
How to lay out a new garden

I’m laying out a new garden and I want to plant some new trees, roses and shrubs, when should I start, asks a reader. Find out what Val Bourne advises