The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

If you’re driving along a quiet country lane in summer and you notice a stretch of hedgerow covered in cobwebs, well, you’ve probably just spotted one of our most intriguing native shrubs. This is the

If you want to plant a light woodland–perhaps underplanted with wild primroses and bluebells–or are looking for a luminous specimen tree for the garden, consider a birch, advises Charles Quest-Ritson

The days might be cold and grey but your outside space can still bring you joy – there are sturdy, vigorous plants that will fill it with beauty and heart-lifting colour…

Brighten the dark days — and lift your spirits — with the blazing colours of dogwoods, bamboos and brambles

Vibrant fruits and berries are now starting to keep our gardens bursting with colour – but many come with myths and secrets!