The gentlemen in black velvet

With AG’s gardening expert Ruth Hayes

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou

A keen gardener’s love of colour and fragrance has resulted in a small garden with big impact

Sun, scent and super colour

As the sun rises over Mollan House in Thornhill, Iain Howieson is already out in the three-acre garden he shares with his wife Ruth. For an hour or so each day he wanders the paths that wind through t

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