In this monthly series, the fantastic folk at health charity Thrive offer some lovely project ideas to help you find good reasons to enjoy the nurturing potential of your garden and the wider natural world

Define your borders and support border plants that tend to flop by using salvaged or recycled pieces of wood. Varying lengths and widths work well and you only need a few sound planks to tame and comp

Turn a shady corner into a lush, wildlife-rich woodland garden this April by working with nature

Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild. You could artfully arrange them around spring-flowering plants or

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Use subtle botanical references to keep your scheme calm and comfortable. Choose abstract, rather than realistic, leaf and floral designs and mix and match different styles. This variety of shapes and