The experts have offered their best tips and tricks for keeping gardens flourishing in August, including what to prune and water, as well as how to attract birds and pollinators.

Some parts of the country have not seen rain for 43 days, with Amber heat-health alerts issued for certain regions as the mercury rises once again this summer.

Ruthlessly cut out any vegetation that heatwaves have left withered and yellowing before judiciously filing in the gaps left behind