Rosie Irving explains why this easy-to-grow shrub offers beauty, berries and biodiversity all in one

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…

John and Jenny Brett have created an all-year garden design at St Mary’s, combining formal plant structures with colourful insect-friendly perennials, but in winter, when dusted with white and dancing with shadows, the garden shimmers

REAL readers' gardens! Putting the garden to bed ...

One of our later asters here at Hillside, which is useful for maintaining a sense of expectation throughout the latter parts of the growing season. Its handsome, serrated foliage remains healthy and h

These fab plants deserve to be in every garden