12 garden watering mistakes that you want to avoid at all costs

Patio area with hydrangea's shrubs, water feature with house in the background. Karen Howden and Tom Gandey's ground floor flat's garden in North London.

Making an effort to avoid any garden watering mistakes is one of the best and easiest ways to keep our plants looking their very best.

That's right: it doesn't matter how beautiful your overflowing list of garden ideas is, or how many edimentals you've grown, or even which of this year's big garden trends you've nailed. Honestly, it all means zilch if you don't follow the golden rules of watering.