John Massey’s Ashwood Nurseries has been breeding superb hellebores for the past 35 years, and they are acknowledged to be the best in the world. It all began because John was looking for winter work

Nothing is quite so cheering after a long dull winter as the vivid floods of crocuses that wash over our parks and gardens in February and March. For David Carver, however, who has set up a small spec

When garden designer James Scott of The Garden Company was asked by the National Trust to work on a restoration of the Long Garden at Cliveden, he leapt at the chance. Partly it was the prestigious lo

Inspired by tropical travels, one gardening enthusiast transformed a sandy Leicestershire plot into a colourful, plant-packed paradise for all ages

Purple punctuates the planting: here an acer, verbena and some pinky-purple crinum, or swamp lily, stand out

Jamie Butterworth is fast-emerging as one of the UK’s most exciting younger gardeners, cocreating the RHS Dog Garden with Monty Don OBE at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, running a successful plant nursery, writing two books and presenting on BBC Gardeners’ World – and he’s still only 30. Amateur Gardening’s Sue Bradley first interviewed Jamie as an aspiring 18-year-old and the two recently met up again at the Garden Media Guild Awards.