In winter, when the art school here at Benton End closed for the year and the garden fell quiet, Cedric Morris would head to warmer climes to escape the chill of his 16th-century house, but also to pa

With temperatures dropping, here’s how to turn your home into a botanical paradise

There is a real chill in the air, and the autumn berries have been magnificent this year, as have the autumnal leaf colours. A prolonged hot period during summer and high sugar content in the leaves h

We all know that growing under cover can help extend the growing season, getting you out of the starting gates that bit earlier in spring, but greenhouses and polytunnels also enable you to keep growi

The head gardener at London’s Barbican Conservatory on its ongoing renovation – and why you shouldn’t give up on houseplants I grew up in Poland where my grandma used to take me to her allotment and I

LOOKING TO ADD EXTRA GLAZING? WE ASKED THE EXPERTS FOR THEIR ADVICE ON HOW TO GET A PICTURE WINDOW RIGHT, TO FRAME GARDEN VIEWS PERFECTLY