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Ancient rural skills in a modern world

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou

WHEN you’re choosing plants at the garden centre, from a catalogue or a website, how can you be sure you’re buying a specimen which has been tried, tested and found to be worth spending your money on?

Tucked into a corner of the leafy and fertile North Shropshire countryside, the garden at Goldstone Hall Hotel feels far removed from the tumult of modern life. Wrapped in the rolling landscape, its a

Full beds and very full bins!

Chris Skinner, National Trust head gardener at Hinton Ampner in Hampshire, talks holistic gardens, late-summer planting, preparing for winter and planning for spring