Behind every great British garden… gardeners at work ...

As my toddler explores the world mouth-first, I’m reminded that, this season, the garden’s quiet beauty is best discovered through every sense

AS gardeners, designers, and lifelong COUNTRY LIFE armchair ...

The arms race between antibiotics and bacteria

With a few easy tweaks – from mowing smarter to welcoming wildflowers – your patch of green can be a planet-friendly mini ecosystem

Marian Boswall defends the building of lakes, which bring both beauty and biodiversity