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This Month • Our guide to plants, people, gardens and events, tasks and shopping in October

People to Meet • Introducing the gardeners and public figures we most admire in British horticulture

Out & About • Unmissable events, news and the very best gardens to visit this month

Things to Do • In October, Jane Moore is getting ready to move more tender plants into their winter lodgings, enjoying the dahlias’ last hurrah and planting bulbs for spring

Beautiful & Useful • New plants, books, tools and creative designs, plus shopping inspiration

Pumpkin Patch • Autumn is here and the frosts and chills herald the arrival of a glut of pumpkins and other colourful squashes. Use them to carve a Halloween lantern, exploit their culinary potential in pies, soups and stews, or celebrate the season’s most photogenic crop with an array of pumpkin-themed homeware. TruGlow® Orange Pumpkin Candle Trio, £19.99. lights4fun.co.uk

Genius REVISITED • The original Piet Oudolf design in the walled garden of North Yorkshire’s Scampston Hall had lost its definition over the past quarter of a century, but head gardener Andy Karavics and his team have just completed a revamp that has restored it to its former glory

Style & SUBSTANCE • Acclaimed interior designers Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen have made an elegant garden at their Sussex home, where a focus on structure has resulted in a low-maintenance green oasis

Jewel of the NORTH • Belying its Greater Manchester location, RHS Garden Bridgewater is a vibrant garden of delights that’s positively exotic in places and far-reaching in terms of its multifaceted planting and design and its epic 150-acre scale

Time’s TAPESTRY • Layer upon layer of history are interwoven at Scone Palace near Perth, where ancient trees, momentous landscaping and a multi-generational family story combine in a complex garden that enjoys a rich textural maturity in autumn

A SPELL UNBROKEN • The magic of Beth Chatto’s condition-specific gardens in Essex still enthrals head gardener Åsa Gregers-Warg some 23 years after she arrived, as she strives to both maintain and refresh Chatto’s enchanting legacy

Spread the Joy • At Polesden Lacey, head gardener Natan Cointet is working to increase the bulb count throughout the gardens, using varieties that naturalise brilliantly

Catch the Drift • They’re spectacular when grown en masse, carpeting the ground in late summer and early autumn, but the intricate beauty of the flowers and foliage of individual cyclamen species deserves much closer examination

In All But Name • In Sandwich in Kent lies a plant-packed nursery with an environmental focus. The passion project of Steve Edney and Louise Dowle, The No Name Nursery supplies discerning plant-fair customers around the country

BRIGHT SPARKS • In the dead of winter or early summer, at just the times you wouldn’t expect to see them, a few select bulbs will still be shining bright. With just a little planning, you can extend the bulb season in your own garden

THE WAY FORWARDS • Whether planted for boundaries, shelter, concealment or focal points, hedges have multiple uses – but they can also play a vital pioneering role in making our gardens more sustainable and hospitable to wildlife

Tresillian in October • The cool months have arrived at Cornwall’s Tresillian House, and while there are...