Toby explains how creating cold-weather beauty went from unusual to must-do

Our gardens have difficult histories. As a historian of empire, writing a book re-telling the stories of America’s plants, I spend swathes of my day reckoning with them. Most of the plants we grow wer

Venture into the garden, bend a little lower, and a world of miniature marvels appears, says Dan Masoliver

Over four decades one couple have packed their shady garden with a multitude of unusual foliage plants and woodland treasures

Do you still feel in need of a challenge? Or have you been gardening so long that you know your plot inside out – along with what will grow in it and what will steadfastly refuse to budge – and are co

The dream for most garden owners is not to have a boundary at all – given a choice we would probably all prefer an unbroken ‘borrowed’ view, preferably of idyllic countryside or suitably breathtaking