Your gardening tea break

FOR JOHN KEATS, AUTUMN WAS THE SEASON OF MISTS AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS. HERE, THE COUNTRY LIVING TEAM AND FRIENDS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THIS TIME OF YEAR MEANS TO THEM – FROM CRAFTING WREATHS TO BOTTLING SLOE GIN

PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO, IDEAS TO TRY

Turn this fallen asset into a powerhouse garden resource

After summer’s golden show, gardener Poppy Okotcha surrenders to the slumbering wind-down of autumn in the second of our seasonal celebrations

Fungi and insects make for an exciting season, says James Lowen

It may be September but there’s plenty of life in the garden yet!