Adrian Thomas looks to the skies for three special birds that you may see over your garden or might even attract into your space to breed

The anemone that looks like a poppy... the anemone that looks like a buttercup... the anemone from Japan that looks like the one from North Africa – those plant-naming botanists certainly keep us ente

Erysimum Rysi Copper One of the definitions of a wallflower is that of a shy and awkward person with whom nobody wants to dance: I am sure we have all felt like that at some point in our adolescence.

Handsome, chunky and often brightly marked, shieldbugs emerge in spring, quietly shaping the life of hedgerow and garden

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

Karen Youngs encounters a couple of bachelors looking for love as the season shifts into spring