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Here at BBC Gardeners' World Live, achievable inspiration is a mantra. The Show Gardens that we lovingly bring to life each year are the projects of very real, and very good, garden designers who all have exceptional ideas of how you can make the most of your space.

Read on to discover our first ever Hipster Garden and some of the space savvy ideas in last year's Show Gardens...

Whilst the world is an increasingly changeable place, February is a month to glory in the reliability of nature! I am relishing the longer days, the warmer air and the plants coming out of hiding - bringing with it the optimism of spring. We've take part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, bulbs are starting to show, buds are appearing, spring is here - and into the garden we go!

Bringing a school group to BBC Gardeners’ World Live is a great way to get ideas and plan top-notch gardening projects for the upcoming academic year - and it's great fun too!

Alongside lively demos from the Skinny Jean Gardener for all School Group visitors, here are our top 10 projects that a visit to the 2017 Show could kick-start....

Happy New Year! I look back at 2016 with great fondness. I have so many special memories of BBC Gardeners’ World Live including seeing Alan Titchmarsh and Mary Berry live on stage together, stepping onto a totally floating barge in our Canal Garden, watching as florist royalty Simon Lycett presented the brand new Eve Rose, snapping my first selfie with Monty Don and seeing incredible Show Gardens come to life to inspire thousands of gardeners.

At this time of year it's easy to find that you're missing a few key gifts for loved ones. Gift Vouchers to BBC Gardeners' World Live make the perfect gift, and you can get instant delivery if you print them at home! But here are a few more ideas from our exhibitors, for the last minute-gifters amongst us...

Here, in the UK, our gardens are dormant over the winter, but gardener’s certainly are not dormant! There doesn’t seem to be a busier time of year as we add festive sparkle to our homes, create wreaths and displays from the seasonal foliage, top up bird feeders, plant bulbs and pack our diaries with social engagements.

Autumn is the best time to take stock of your garden, decide what did work, what didn’t, and what you want to achieve for next year. Visiting BBC Gardeners' World Live is one of the best ways to get ideas and inspiration, but if you can't wait until June try thumbing your way through a fabulous book...

So we’re well into November, the temperatures are dropping and it’s not just us that are feeling the cold! Now’s the time to be helping out all the creatures that call your garden ‘home’.

Plants don’t usually terrify us here at GWL HQ, but if you were a ghostly ghoul, what would you be planting in your garden? 

There are wondrous spooky named varieties to try in your garden:

October is a lovely time of year where the harvest takes centre stage, autumnal colours start to push their way through, kids are scuffing their shoes through the fallen leaves and we start to enjoy the homely flavours of pumpkin and squashes.