A warm welcome

Letting things grow helped Susan Wyman discover a new side to birding…

WHEN you’re in your garden, balcony or patio and you stop to sit down for a few minutes, what can you hear? Is your garden a peaceful place? Perhaps it’s a little too quiet and you’d like to enjoy mor

To garden successfully we need to work with nature and not against it – and that includes planting for wildlife. This doesn’t have to be dedicating a whole new area – but, in fact, growing ornamentals

15 ways to use your outside space for happy, hopeful and healthier living this summer with editor and resilient-gardening expert Kim Stoddart

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke investigates the impact of feeding wild birds, and whether it’s a factor behind the decline of a woodland specialist

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or