What we know about gardens, written down.

The first thing that kills a plant list. Four soils, what works in each and what fails.

• What to plant in clay soil19 species that work, why the usual ones fail, and the four rules that matter.
• What to plant in sandy soil16 species that work, why the usual ones fail, and the four rules that matter.
• What to plant in chalky or limestone soil18 species that work, why the usual ones fail, and the four rules that matter.
• What to plant in loam27 species that work, why the usual ones fail, and the four rules that matter.

Where the sun actually falls, and how to build a garden that survives a hosepipe ban.

• What to plant in a north-facing gardenA north-facing plot is not a problem to solve. It is a different garden, and these are its plants.
• What to plant in a south-facing gardenFull sun is the easy exposure and the one most often planted wrongly. Shade first, plants second.
• A garden that survives without watering12 species that need no irrigation once established, and the gravel detail that keeps them alive.

Real 2026 unit prices — the same ones our Budget is built from, published so you can check us.

• What a terrace costsSawn stone, laid properly: 118 € per m² in materials, and what the labour really adds.
• What a hedge costsPer metre, per species, planted. Bare-root in November costs a third of a pot in May.
• What a garden costsWhat each budget bracket actually buys, from unit prices, not from wishes.

Eight zones across France, Belgium and Switzerland. What survives your winter, named.

• Zone 6b: what survives your winter2 places we read as zone 6b. 15 species that survive the winter, 13 that do not.
• Zone 7a: what survives your winter18 places we read as zone 7a. 19 species that survive the winter, 9 that do not.
• Zone 7b: what survives your winter18 places we read as zone 7b. 22 species that survive the winter, 6 that do not.
• Zone 8a: what survives your winter30 places we read as zone 8a. 27 species that survive the winter, 1 that do not.
• Zone 8b: what survives your winter20 places we read as zone 8b. 28 species that survive the winter, 0 that do not.
• Zone 9a: what survives your winter11 places we read as zone 9a. 28 species that survive the winter, 0 that do not.
• Zone 9b: what survives your winter7 places we read as zone 9b. 28 species that survive the winter, 0 that do not.
• Zone 10a: what survives your winter28 species that survive the winter, 0 that do not.

Twelve months, each job attached to the plant that asks for it rather than to nobody's garden.

• Your garden in January2 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in February5 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in March6 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in April3 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in May5 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in June6 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in July6 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in August3 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in September4 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in October3 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in November4 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.
• Your garden in December2 jobs that matter this month, named plant by plant. And the one thing not to do.