New document from charity fights for legal recognition to protect historic landscapes, reports Ian Hodgson

Amy McCormack, senior gardener at the National Trust’s Anglesey Abbey, on planting for winter colour and scent and protecting perennials from frost

The quiet beauty of winter sets the stage in this garden, where topiary shapes and the borrowed landscape are the main performers

A £10 million award boosts completion of Edinburgh glasshouses, reports Ian Hodgson

A good time to visit The Old Rectory in Doynton is as dusk falls on a frosty December evening. Driving in through the gate, you’ll be cheered by the sight of two illuminated Portuguese laurel cylinder

A once-neglected patch of land in Duddingston, Edinburgh has been transformed into a welcoming green space by volunteers. Jock Tamson’s Gairden – named in honour of Duddingston’s Rev John Thomson, ins