When I entered the world of snowdrops over 30 years ago, I quickly came into contact with some formidable female galanthophiles. They often wore hats and they nearly always had a silver snowdrop brooc

Bursting into life in the depths of winter, snowdrops are little symbols of hope, a sign that spring will be coming. Thriving in damp soil, snowdrops are often found in clusters beneath trees or carpe

Emily Chandler, National Trust head gardener at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, on gardening in the cold and the best flowers for winter scent

When many other gardens have bedded down for the coldest season, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire, is home to an unmissable winter spectacle, when its garden bursts into life as more than 500 varieties

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

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