Late daisies – Choose Aster, Echinacea, Helenium and Rudbeckia for an end-of-summer display.

Narcissus
Narcissus 'Innovator', double scented variety
* Jean Stowe's buying guide for bulbs, patio plants and roses. Plants bulbs this September for flowering in four to five months time.

* FREE for every reader – 100 crocus mixed species bulbs for spring garden colour, plus great spring plant offers. (Offer closed 25 September 2007). Each month Gardens Monthly introduces a great new plant offer FREE FOR EVERY READER (you just pay p&p).


Grow your own
* 32-page, pull-out, fruit and veg special supplement with advice on jobs for the month, planning for the new season, what to sow and plant now and Q&As.

* Cut-price fruit – save £4.99 on each fruit offer of a raspberry collection ('Autumn Bliss', 'Glen Ample' and 'Glen Moy'); blueberry 'Earliblue'; blackcurrant 'Ben Connan'; and strawberry collection ('Alice', 'Florence' and 'Honeoye'). Offer closes 5 October 2007.


People, places and events
* Liz Dobbs discovers the Victorian gardens at Biddulph Grange and England's largest restoration project, Trentham Italian Gardens in Staffordshire.

* Kitchen gardening: food writer and chef Frances Bissell makes jellies, syrups, vinegars and more with the fruits and flowers of her garden.

* Professor Stefan Buczacki with tales of the elusive badger and flora and fauna to look out for this time of year.


Practical
Feeding the lawn
Combined feed, weed and mosskiller
* September jobs to do all around the garden, in the greenhouse and on the allotment.

* Bob Flowerdew says start planning now for next year's plants – and why not try something different while you're at it.

* Autumn lawncare with costings and advice on hiring the professionals to do it for you.


Products
* New vegetable and flower seeds from the 2008 seed catalogues.

* North London allotment holder Michael Rand on the merits of fruit cages for protecting your crops.


Projects
* The jet set – Charlie Dimmock's guide to creating fountains in the garden.

* Pond in a pot – how to create a small-scale water feature in simple steps.

* Wildlife nesters – attract wildlife to your garden by building homes for bees, birds and hedgehogs, with easy-to-follow plans.


Q&A
Charlie
Charlie advises on fountains
* Q&A – 11 problem-solving pages covering fruit, veg, garden plants and general queries from the Gardening.co.uk community.


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