There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

REAL readers' gardens!

As winter eases and spring beckons, longer days bring the garden to life – and your growing year starts here…

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

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

Soil conditions and frost risk mean patience is essential