Blooming marvellous

We may have invented the flower border, but planting them remains one of the trickiest things to get right. Charles Quest-Ritson looks at the secrets behind the very best

Garden designer Tom Hoblyn is mad about plants from the Mediterranean. During his prestigious Kew Diploma, he worked in Cabo de Gata in Spain, famously the driest place on the Iberian Peninsula. The w

The head of gardens and parks at the National Trust on developing climate-resilient gardens and worrying less about our choices I spent time in the garden with my mum when I was young, but I drifted a

On the south-western edge of St Albans, winding paths lead into a heart-warming garden that embraces autumn flowers and family memories. The borders are as vibrant and colourful as most gardens’ in mi

HAVE you been on holiday this year? Whether you go on a day trip to a nearby town or city, or if you enjoy an extended stay abroad, it can be really refreshing to visit new places. For me, part of the

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