Ellen Mary sings the praises of this health-boosting Mediterranean herb

As my toddler explores the world mouth-first, I’m reminded that, this season, the garden’s quiet beauty is best discovered through every sense

Small, grey or pale brown and trembling in the autumn breeze, liberty cap mushrooms grow in upland pastures across the UK. Drab they may be, but these fungi are among the most controversial – and inte

This versatile herb has so many beneficial uses says Ellen Mary

In a John Behan bronze, collector Jacqueline O’Donovan, a child of the Irish diaspora, can sense the desperation of a starving people forced to flee their land

If you want to plant a light woodland–perhaps underplanted with wild primroses and bluebells–or are looking for a luminous specimen tree for the garden, consider a birch, advises Charles Quest-Ritson