It’s out with winter blues and in with the blossoming prunus, unless it happens to be English pottery. Lucien de Guise finds out what Coalport brought to the tableware

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden… plus her diary for the week!

Amid a rugged landscape, this detailed garden in south-west Scotland is full of glorious spring blossom

Marian Boswall on how the old tradition of wassailing might actually benefit orchards

A winter prune gives bigger, better crops

Turn unsightly views and clutter into distant memories with clever planting, camouflaging and creative screens