Follow some simple steps to give nature the support it needs through the cold months

For instant impact in a newly landscaped garden, there’s nothing quite like planting mature trees or native hedgerow plants for transformative and long-lasting results, believes Steven Desmond

From a milliner inspired by topiary to a model-turned-ecological gardener and a couple who swapped jobs in telecommunications for growing vegetables, Sir David Beckham’s rural heroes tell Julie Harding why craft and the countryside are key

Marian Boswall defends the building of lakes, which bring both beauty and biodiversity

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BRITAIN’S forestry owners and managers, although increasingly aware ...