Joe Stanley reflects on the farm’s winter jobs and examines the role that game shooting plays in the rural landscape

"Dad used to call me a feckless environmentalist,” Hugh Crossley says warmly of his father, the 3rd Baron Somerleyton. “But he was a conservationist in his own way – he’s the reason we have good hedge

When John Little arrived at Hilldrop 35 years ago, the four-acre former plotland in Essex was little more than grass, clay and rubble. Today, it’s one of the UK’s most influential experimental gardens

Charlotte Reather meets the next generation of Duchy of Cornwall tenants, whose practical innovations and quiet determination are shaping a more sustainable countryside under the stewardship of HRH William, Prince of Wales

This historic Cumbrian garden blends formal design with playful planting

Ciaran Taylor, National Trust head gardener at the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, on wildlife, spring jobs and making your own fertiliser