Turn a shady corner into a lush, wildlife-rich woodland garden this April by working with nature

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Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild. You could artfully arrange them around spring-flowering plants or

When writer Sheila M Averbuch and her husband moved into their Pencaitland home in East Lothian over 20 years ago, the garden was little more than a flat upper lawn with a steep slope down to the bung

There are a whole host of lovely small trees that will grow happily in your metre and bring wildlife into your garden, whether it’s for food, shelter or a nesting site. At this time of year it’s best

There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it