This Morning star Josie Gibson opens up about renovating her country pile, feeling fab at 40 and her exotic Christmas plans

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

Behind every great British garden… gardeners at work ...

On an open and windswept tract of land in Oxfordshire, where once stood some derelict barns and a lone maple tree, our guest editor has created a haven for his family and his honeybees, discovers Alan Titchmarsh

Reader Caroline Crocker celebrates her chance to reclaim the family garden to create a plant lover’s paradise with a focus on climate resilience.

She’s spent more than 20 years helping people find their perfect place in the sun – now Jasmine Harman’s following her own dream. Along with her husband Jon and their two young children, the family ha