For instant impact in a newly landscaped garden, there’s nothing quite like planting mature trees or native hedgerow plants for transformative and long-lasting results, believes Steven Desmond

New report urges government to provide more support for British growers, says Ian Hodgson

Discover the varieties that shine in every season and learn how to give them the best start

In his final column for the season, Joe Swift looks back at a memorable year — and work for the months ahead

The quiet beauty of winter sets the stage in this garden, where topiary shapes and the borrowed landscape are the main performers

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