As the feast of All Hallow’s Eve approaches, Debora Robertson advises how best to decorate your home with pumpkins, squashes and gourds–and even eat them, too

Dig into these underrated fruits and they’ll repay you with flavour and nutrients in spades. Here are four ways to squash your hunger

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

Mike Palmer shares his top eight spooky-looking plants that’ll have you screaming for more

October brings the first of the frosts, bewitching mist, the turning of leaves and a host of otherworldly visitors, finds John Lewis-Stempel

Exciting recommendations from our expert plantsman