Shiver me timbers

Choose tough, evergreen varieties to bring colour and life to your plot all year round

Toby explains how his beloved birch tree is in trouble and he’s trying to save it

Kari-Astri Davies considers choosing tulips to fire up her beds in the wake of bulb-buying frustration

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer, and former chair of Gardeners' Question Time

Once one of Britain’s most fashionable delicacies, the medlar fell from favour in the 20th century. Fabled and sweetly flavourful, it deserves to make a return to our gardens and kitchens, says Jane Steward

Skilfully created by Christina Shand and filled with prized plants, Dyffryn Fernant sits harmoniously within an ancient Welsh landscape