In god’s acre we trust

Amateur Gardening is proud to encourage its readers to work with nature. Sue Bradley discovers how increasing numbers of people are embracing organic methods of gardening

WE OFTEN IMAGINE conservation unfolding in wild, far-flung landscapes, not in the middle of bustling cities. Urban environments can seem like the end of the road for nature, where even the trees appea

FOR those without a garden of their own – or perhaps without one big enough to grow all they want to grow – owning an allotment can be a vital sanctuary, a community and a productive space. There are

Decorating the land with their brilliant and varied hues, our native flora–which operate as clocks, calendars and Nature’s medicine cabinet–are simply blooming brilliant,

The coconut scent of bright-yellow gorse flowers wafts around me as the gravel path crunches beneath my feet. Darting in and out of my peripheral vision, damselflies and dragonflies dance and dive, ba

The garden at Ballynure House, Co Wicklow, Ireland The home of Clare Reid Scott Where brambles once engulfed the historic gardens, colourful flower borders now hum with pollinators, writes Jane Powers