Blooming marvellous!

From Lord and Lady Heseltine’s grand arboretum to Emilia Fox’s urban sanctuary, our five celebrity experts show how to make YOUR garden...

DELPHINIUMS or dogwood trees? Cowslips or clematis? And what to plant next to tomatoes to ward off the white fly. We asked our favourite star gardeners to share their top tips for making your garden glow this summer. MODEL, racing driver and 2014 Celebrity MasterChef finalist Jodie, 39, lives near Petworth in West Sussex with son Indio, six. She owns the 15th Century Half Moon pub in nearby Kirdford.

HOW I GOT THE BUG

My mum Wendy has always been a keen gardener, and when she stays with me she’s out early in the morning weeding, with the radio for company. When I bought the pub in January 2017, it was earmarked for development, which would have been a loss for the local community. I’ve always grown my own veg so it was perfect. The first thing I did was design the pub’s garden. We brought in soil, laid a terrace, I created built-in raised beds, a kitchen garden and herb garden. Mum and I planted it out in June 2017 – a month before opening. It was my baby – and still is. I want the kitchen garden to drive the menu and support local producers. Our ethos is that everything should come from within a 25-mile radius.

MY GARDEN LOOK IS…

Colourful and, above all, edible. I’m super hands-on. Our garden is organic, sustainable, different and fun. This is a working garden and whether it’s apples in the orchard, artichokes, baby leaf spinach, borlotti beans, runner beans or courgettes, we use them all. I keep plastic out and I don’t grow stuff that’s more expensive to produce than in the shops, such as potatoes.

HERO PLANT

Edible pansies and violas – they look so pretty on the plate and add a mild sweetness.

BIGGEST CHORE

Weeding. And getting rid of slugs. We don’t use chemicals.

FAVOURITE PUBLIC GARDEN

Mum and I don’t get a day off from the garden but if we do, we love to visit Newbridge Nurseries in Horsham, West Sussex.