Step into a magical winter garden in the Weald of Kent, where cyclamens, hellebores and crocuses add splashes of pink and purple to the white carpet of snowdrops

As the cold season sets in, it pays to get frondly with foliage! Val Bourne chooses some of the best to brighten up the plot

Winter is for restoration. The garden is pared back and elemental: everything is visible and in its stillness there’s time to reflect on the preceding year and to imagine and plan the year to come. Ye

Liz Zorab chooses some cool customers for upbeat container planting

Toby explains how to plant and protect these treasures from squirrels

Create beautifully scented, long-lasting indoor arrangements using winter greenery and flowers from your garden. Choose fragrant blooms such as viburnum, witch hazel, Christmas box and wintersweet, an