If you know where to look and what to do with it, profound pleasure can be gleaned from foraging autumn’s hedgerow bounty, says John Wright

Fill your winter garden with colour, interest and scent with these delightful seasonal favourites, says Sue Fisher

From Regency medicine men to the technicolour world of The Beatles, the history of psychedelic mushrooms is richer than we might expect, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Keen collectors sooner or later find their way to the outstanding trees and shrubs at Bluebell Arboretum in Derbyshire, writes Charles Quest-Ritson. It’s a wonderful sight at this time of year

Bathed in burnished hues, a Hertfordshire cottage haven is a marriage of formal and wild planting

Privet makes a resilient, versatile hedge that is easy to care for and beneficial to wildlife