Making a garden: a place for plants

A thoughtfully designed front garden offers a warm welcome home, balances practical considerations and creates a healthy habitat for flora and fauna. Here’s how to do it

Choosing the planting for a small garden can often be harder than for a large one, as every centimetre of space needs to work hard. To help you figure out the best approach, we asked top designers and

Even a small country garden can contain an ‘orchard’ of trees and shrubs, so you can fill your fruit bowl with home-grown apples, pears, plums and more

Transform your garden into a welcoming haven that brings SOLACE & JOY to all

As we begin autumn, now is the perfect time to think back on the year of gardening so far and start to plan ahead for 2026. One of the biggest rewards for forward thinking is colourful flowers in spri

This summer’s designer plots are bursting with inspiration, with plenty of steal-worthy TRICKS & TRENDS to solve common dilemmas in your own plot