Gardening: How to save money in your outdoor space 

You can cut costs in your garden this summer yet still enjoy the best that your room outside has to offer 

Top tips for saving money on your garden in a cost-of-living crisis (Alamy/PA)

With the cost-of-living crisis, rising interest rates and inflation, many gardeners will be wondering how they can save money on their outside space.

Garden expert Mark Lane, who designed the RHS-BBC Morning Live Budget-Friendly Garden at this year’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, which opens today, July 4, and runs until July 9, offers the following tips on how to be frugal — but still enjoy the best your garden has to offer.