You reap what you sow

The grass is greener

Autumn and winter tend to be the seasons when the structure of a garden is most appreciated. Frost picks out the shapes of evergreen shrubs and hedging, and sun pierces through a filigree of bare bran

Last spring, I held a funeral for a hedge. It was a cobbled-together ceremony for us to share our grief for the ‘singing hedge’ that had been cared for by our late neighbour for decades. The previous

Corn-dolly crafter Colette Hughes describes the bleak situations our ancestors faced. “Imagine,” she says. “It’s winter and your family is hungry and cold. It gets dark early, fresh food is in short s

Jenny Whitmore had one priority in mind when she started designing her West Sussex garden: the view. “It was what captivated me when we first came to look at this house and I knew immediately that any

Cottage gardening has been completely reimagined in this unique west London home, with a calm palette of ornamental grasses that comes spectacularly into its own in autumn