Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to allow plants to grow a little wilder for greater all-weather protection

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

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

For me, spring is the most exciting part of the year, as it’s full of promise and there’s something about early flowering plants that really lifts the spirits. I love it when I’m driving in the countr

Planting schemes should never stand still, so let’s reassess, reshape and reinvigorate