As the third-most common tree in the UK, the European ash is a much-loved part of the landscape in both town and countryside. The ash is often used as a symbol of healing, magic and life, such as in N

The acquisition of houses by the National Trust from the 1930s had less to do with the impoverishment of aristocratic families than the industrial wealth of bachelor donors, as Michael Hall reveals

Located in the heart of the Herefordshire countryside and surrounded by a moat, this romantic timber-framed house contains over 600 years of history within its walls

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

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In December 1997, we moved from a tiny London garden to our new home, Old Park Barn in Buckinghamshire. It was daunting – a huge leap of faith from gardening in an urban courtyard to essentially an ov