If you've ever looked at a tired, overgrown outdoor space and wondered how on earth it could become a garden again, you're in the right place.

By the time the light starts to fade in the late afternoon and the first cold snap brushes across the lawn, most gardens are telling you the same thing: tidy me up before winter arrives.

If you manage a busy garden, a rental property, or both, green waste has a funny habit of piling up exactly when you least want it to.

Garden bills creep up in a funny way. One month it is a few extra bags of compost, then a bigger water bill, then a hedge that has outgrown the ladder and somehow turned into a small project.

Hiring someone to look after your garden sounds simple until you actually start comparing gardeners. One says they can do everything, another is cheaper, a third sounds polished but vague on insurance and safety.