Companion gardening: edibles are all the rage, but they're not the only useful plants

From pest control to aromatherapy, a garden has so much more to offer than a dinner-time fix

Plants, like most things, go in and out of fashion.

There is a tradition of English cottage gardening in my neighbourhood, where orchards grew a century ago. But with the climate arching towards the sub-tropical, rather than the temperate, the dainty English roses drooped from the heat. Then, local gardeners realised the value of hardier native species.

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