Christmas projects

In the garden, hellebores and snowdrop bulbs are emerging through the wintry ground, while beyond, in borrowed views, dangling catkins and blossom-laden blackthorn branches sway in the hedgerows. Thes

Louise Curley celebrates spring’s homegrown and low-carbon blooms, showing how to pick for months and arrange them in garden-gathered style

Kay Maynard explains how her first-ever garden has become a wildlife-friendly haven with year-round interest

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden… plus her diary for the week!

Don’t wait for summer to realise your garden’s not up to scratch. The best time to sort your green space is now

These days we try to leave the ‘mess’ of our ornamental garden for as much of the winter as possible for the sake of the biodiversity in our vital garden spaces and, therefore, the world at large. Now