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

What to plant, grow, prune and buy this month for your great outdoors

Planting schemes should never stand still, so let’s reassess, reshape and reinvigorate

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

REAL readers' gardens!

This is the month of horticultural happiness, and with everything looking fresh, green and lush, even the burgeoning weeds become – briefly – delightful additions to the garden. Selfheal sprouts gaily