Here are some top tips for saving water in your garden:

1. One good soak every week is better than a daily sprinkle. Remember you can test for soil dryness using a trowel and looking for dry soil several inches below ground. If moist - you can leave the watering!

2. Add an inverted plastic bottle, top down, into the soil next to tomatoes or other thirsty plants. That way, a direct water into the top of the plastic bottle goes direct to the roots.

3. Mulch the plant. This prevents evaporation and helps to stop thirsty weeds from flourishing. 10cm of mulch is ideal for minimising the need for watering. You can use grass cuttings as mulch.

4. Water butts. Your local council may offer a special deal.

5. Bath water. Re-direct the overflow. "Grey water" is useful and should not be wasted!

6. Sort out your compost heap. Compost improves soil quality and slows evaporation from soil as compost is water retentive.

Finding drought tolerant plants can be tricky. Echinacea is relatively drought tolerant, as are geraniums.