Create your own cottage garden

1 When choosing the plants for a cottage garden border, start with a selection of herbaceous perennials that will come back year after year. Choose varieties that are also attractive to pollinators, s

The latest in our seasonal series from award-winning photographer Mark Bolton

A heavenly flower border is a work of art, a living composition in which colour themes are finely balanced to wax and wane through the seasons

Stumbling upon their Dorset cottage, once the village shoemaker’s home and workshop, nearly two decades ago, Liz and Tim Hoad were enchanted by its history and coastal setting, but the garden was a wi

When summer beckons, it is answered by a chorus of glorious roses that fill an enchanting Isle of Wight garden, created from scratch by Derek and Louise Ness

Find room for some fragrant plants to liven up your summer garden