REAL readers' gardens!

A bi and Tom have a wealth of growing experience under their belts and have combined their talents to create Halecat Nursery in the Lake District. Their businesses also include Abi & Tom’s Garden Plan

HAVE you ever taken a close look at your soil? I mean, a really close look? And if not, why not? Soil, compost, dirt, earth – whatever you want to call it, it’s often overlooked, and yet it’s one of t

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

Pippa Greenwood One of the top experts on pests and diseases, Pippa gardens using organic methods. Matt Biggs Matt trained at Kew and has been gardening professionally for more than 30 years. Kirsty W

Purple punctuates the planting: here an acer, verbena and some pinky-purple crinum, or swamp lily, stand out