Growing the Good Life is especially rewarding as we start to prepare for winter celebrations. Not only can we harvest food for the feast, but also berries, seedheads and foliage for festive decoration

Ivy flowers have gone over and now berries are starting to form. Avoid cutting these back and allow them to develop as a food source for birds. Ivy berries ripen in late winter and are often not eaten

Are potted alstroemeria hardy? How do I grow yellow raspberries? Read on…

Christmas starts late for us here at Longmeadow, around about the 20th of December, as two of my children have birthdays in December, and when they were little it seemed only right they enjoyed their

Don’t bin those seeds or stones – use them to grow your own exotic collection!

Our festive traditions may feel rooted in celebrations of the birth of Christ, but the trees and plants we use for decoration tell a different story